Sociocultural motivations for female genital mutilation: matrimonial strategies,family motivations and religious justifications among the Al Pulaar and the Soninké in the River Senegal Valley (2011)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research,Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To document matrimonial strategies within the context of intracaste and intraethnic endogamy as well as the locally perceived importance of virginity. The study seeked to examine family incentives,to understand the cultural context of the practice of FGM/C and to identify the diverging interpretations of religious texts that encourage FGM/C
Study Population: Women,Men
Findings: The study found that the demand of mothers,mothers in-law and paternal auntstogether who believed in the beneficial effects of FGM/C,the tacit support of religious and cultural leaders,the indifference of fathers and the availability of the practitioners’ services hugely favoured the reproduction and continuation of FGM/C in communities
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa
Country(ies):Senegal