Attitudes of circumcised women towards discontinuation of genital cutting of their daughters in Kenya (2015)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Patra S,Singh RK
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To provide an overview of changing attitudes of women towards FGC in Kenya.
Study Population: 2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data
Findings: About 68% of these women wanted to discontinue FGC,and attitudes towards discontinuation were found to vary with women’s background characteristics. Surprisingly,92.5% of circumcised women of the North-Eastern province still wished to continue FGC,and for Muslims the percentage was 72.2%. About 36% of circumcised women responded that their daughters were already circumcised. Only 13% of circumcised mothers intended their daughters to be circumcised in the future. The study shows that the attitude of Kenyan women,irrespective of their circumcision status,has been changing gradually towards the discontinuation of circumcision of their daughters.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya