Female genital mutilation – an exported medical hazard (2009)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding I,II,III FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Elgaali,Mahoud,Helena Strevens,Per-Anders Mårdh
FGM/C Type(s): I,II,III
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To investigate types of FGM/C found in a group of immigrants from northern Africa with a current domicile in Scandinavia,2. To characterize these women with regard to education,socio-economic status and experienced complications and sequelae 3.To report attitudes to FGM/C among the women and their husbands
Study Population: Women,Men
Findings: The study found that of the 140 women,who had been circumcised in their home country before they migrated,78 (35%) had been clitoridectomized,38 (17%) had been subjected to genital excision and 24 (11%) to infibulation. The corresponding percentages in the remaining women,who had had FGM/C when returning home for a visit,were 0%,14% and 22%,respectively. Of the daughters,15 (19%) had been circumcised whilst living in Scandinavia; all had been clitoridectomized. Twenty-eight (13%) women reported having experienced late complications or post-FC sequelae. A positive attitude to stopping the tradition of FC was reported twice as often by the husbands (69%) as by the circumcised women (35%). Religion (95% of the responders were Muslims and 5% Christians),cultural tradition,and increased chance of marriage or of continued health were the reasons put forward in favor of the continuation of FC by 58%,27%,10% and 4 %,respectively
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Not specified
Country(ies):Not specified