Contingency,context,and change: negotiating female genital cutting in The Gambia and Senegal (2007)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Hernlund Ylva,Bettina Shell-Duncan
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To argue that both within and beyond the context of formal intervention,the decision of whether,when,and how to perform FGC results from a constant process of negotiation about how to position oneself in light of shifting social relationships,contexts,and experiences
Study Population: Relied on articles
Findings: The study concludes that proximate experiences and persons influence,in ongoing and sometimes conflicting ways,how individuals construct their “opinions” about the practice of FGM/C. It proposed that,to obtain an improved understanding of the dynamics of decisionmaking with respect to FGM/C,it would be essential to integrate the concept of contingency into theoretical models of behavior change
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa
Country(ies):Gambia,Senegal