The politics of female genital surgery in displaced communities (2001)
This study is a Explanatory research regarding III FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Allotey Pascale,Lenore Manderson,Sonia Grover
FGM/C Type(s): III
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To review health policy on female genital surgery in Australia. The study relates the frequency of genital cosmetic surgery in the wider population to procedures such as re-infibulation following childbirth,requested by African women
Study Population: Relied on articles
Findings: The study concluded that in displaced communities,particularly among migrants and refugees living in Western countries,women from these communities are the visible minority,and the focus and implementation of legislation and health policy addressing female genital surgery risks creating or increasing inequities in access to reproductive health. This paper reviewed health policy on female genital surgery in Australia by relating the frequency of genital cosmetic surgery in the wider population to procedures such as re-infibulation following childbirth,requested by African women; this latter procedure is illegal and currently unavailable in most public hospitals
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Australia and New Zealand
Country(ies):Australia