Meaning-making of female genital cutting: children’s perception and acquired knowledge of the ritual (2013)

This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:

Author(s): Schultz J H,Lien I L
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.

Objective: To find out how do girls who have undergone female genital cutting understand the ritual
Study Population: Women
Findings: The study concluded that the meaning-making process of the girls in connection with FGM/C was carefully monitored and supervised by their mothers,older sisters,grandmothers,and other women. The educational goal was that the girl should become a clean and honorable woman. This was achieved when the girl had performed the ritual,had understood and accepted its impor­tance,and finally passes it on to the next generation. In their daily lives,the girls were offered a rich set of metaphors that could help them to construct their FGM/C narrative

Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Europe
Country(ies):Norway

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