Factors and Problems Related to Female Genital Mutilation as Seen in Children at St. Gaspar Hospital,Itigi,Tanzania (2011)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): CR Majinge and SE Ngallaba
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To determine the aetiological factors and problems related to female genital mutilation as seen in children at St. Gaspar Hospital
Study Population: all female children admitted for the year 2000 and 2001,regardless of their illness
Findings: The prevalence of FGM was still high in this part of Tanzania,thus for every 20 women three had FGM. Nyaturu tribe practiced FGM at large. FGM was done to female children before 15 years of age. 98.2% of the circumciser (Ngaliba) were female and most of them were influential people in those community. To address the problem one had to involve the circumciser. The male had a negative attitude towards unmutilated women. This acted as a catalyst for women to get circumcised. Because of FGM,some of the female children had migrated to countries or places where female circumcision was illegal. The study recommended that FGM should be prevented because it had permanent mental,physical and psychological effect to woman,it was also irreversible and once mutilated one remained mutilated forever. Study further recommends that anti FGM approaches should focus first on the circumciser (Ngaliba) and that males should be involved in such campaigns. As most the women were not aware about their human rights,such capacity should be built.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Tanzania