Is female circumcision evolving or dissolving in Norway? A qualitative study on attitudes toward the practice among young Somalis in the Oslo area (2015)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Abdi A Gele, Mette Sagbakken,Bernadette Kumar
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To add to the knowledge of the process of the abandonment of FGM/C among immigrants in Western countries.
Study Population: Girls,Boys
Findings: The study found that young Somalis in the Oslo area had,to a large extent,changed their attitude toward the practice. This was shown by the participants’ support and sympathy toward criminalization of FGM/C in Norway,which they believed was an important step toward saving young girls from the harmful consequences of FGM/C. Most of the uncircumcised girls saw their uncircumcised status as being normal,whereas they saw circumcised girls as survivors of violence and injustice. Moreover,the fact that male participants preferred a marriage to uncircumcised girls was a strong condition for change,since if uncut girls were seen as marriageable then parents were unlikely to want to circumcise them
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Europe
Country(ies):Norway