Female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sudan: what do men think? (2012)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Abdalla,M.,A. Omer,and K. Elmusharaf
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: N/A.
Objective: To determine men’s perspectives towards FGM and to identify whether men prefer circumcised or uncircumcised women
Study Population: Men
Findings: Most of the men asked (45.3%) were in the age group of 21-30 years and 90.3% were muslims.Most of the men were educated as 63% had a university degree and 11.7% had a postgraduate degree. 68% of the men interviewed thought that there are no benefits to FGM while 75.3% think that there is harm associated with FGM. 76% think that women suffer from FGM and 75.7% said that they will not circumcise their daughters.84.3% prefer to marry uncircumcised women and 72.3% said that they think that circumcised women have less sexual desire than non circumcised women.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Africa
Country(ies):Sudan