The Politics of Female Circumcision in Egypt: Gender,Sexuality and the Construction of Identity (2016)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Malmström Maria Frederika
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: Employing an ethnographic approach to this controversial issue,with the aim of understanding how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices,and the central role which female circumcision plays in this process. Malmstrom explores the lived experiences and social meanings of circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from Cairo. It is through the examination of the voices of these women that she offers an analysis of gender identity in Egypt and its impact on women’s sexuality.
Study Population: Women
Findings:
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Africa
Country(ies):Egypt