Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice

Female genital mutilation is wide-spread throughout many regions of Africa and elsewhere. It is usually perpetrated during early childhood and has serious consequences for the medical, gynecological, and obstetrical well-being of girls. These effec...

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Main Author:	Wolff, Peter H.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	FEMALE CIRCUMCISION TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS GYNECOLOGICAL CARE INFIBULATION CULTURAL VALUES PARTICIPATIONS EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY CHILDHOOD DOCTORS GENITAL MUTILATION GIRLS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LEARNING MORTALITY NGOS NOMADS NURSES PROSTITUTES SOCIETY VILLAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1726165/eritrea-eliminating-harmful-traditional-practice http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10797

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spelling	okr-10986-107972021-06-14T10:59:37Z Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice Wolff, Peter H. FEMALE CIRCUMCISION TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS GYNECOLOGICAL CARE INFIBULATION CULTURAL VALUES PARTICIPATIONS EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY CHILDHOOD DOCTORS GENITAL MUTILATION GIRLS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFIBULATION LEARNING MORTALITY NGOS NOMADS NURSES PROSTITUTES SOCIETY VILLAGES Female genital mutilation is wide-spread throughout many regions of Africa and elsewhere. It is usually perpetrated during early childhood and has serious consequences for the medical, gynecological, and obstetrical well-being of girls. These effects persist throughout the childbearing years and beyond. Less often recognized are the psychological suffering, humiliation social dignity, and self-concepts of the girls and women subjected to this traditional practice. The quickest solution for stopping the practice of female genital mutilation might appear to be to forbid the practice and to impose penalties on those who continued the practice. However, in view of the delicate relationship between the independence forces and the civilian population, it would have been politically inappropriate to impose such legal measures. Instead, the independent forces relied on the inherent intelligence and willingness of the Traditional Birth Attendants to modify their gynecological practices gradually, once they were given the necessary modern medical information. This approach also laid the groundwork for the continuing education of women by women after independence--an additional step towards assuring the equality of women. 2012-08-13T13:08:53Z 2012-08-13T13:08:53Z 2002-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1726165/eritrea-eliminating-harmful-traditional-practice http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10797 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 41 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Eritrea
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topic	FEMALE CIRCUMCISION TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS GYNECOLOGICAL CARE INFIBULATION CULTURAL VALUES PARTICIPATIONS EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY CHILDHOOD DOCTORS GENITAL MUTILATION GIRLS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFIBULATION LEARNING MORTALITY NGOS NOMADS NURSES PROSTITUTES SOCIETY VILLAGES
spellingShingle	FEMALE CIRCUMCISION TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS GYNECOLOGICAL CARE INFIBULATION CULTURAL VALUES PARTICIPATIONS EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY CHILDHOOD DOCTORS GENITAL MUTILATION GIRLS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFIBULATION LEARNING MORTALITY NGOS NOMADS NURSES PROSTITUTES SOCIETY VILLAGES Wolff, Peter H. Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice
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description	Female genital mutilation is wide-spread throughout many regions of Africa and elsewhere. It is usually perpetrated during early childhood and has serious consequences for the medical, gynecological, and obstetrical well-being of girls. These effects persist throughout the childbearing years and beyond. Less often recognized are the psychological suffering, humiliation social dignity, and self-concepts of the girls and women subjected to this traditional practice. The quickest solution for stopping the practice of female genital mutilation might appear to be to forbid the practice and to impose penalties on those who continued the practice. However, in view of the delicate relationship between the independence forces and the civilian population, it would have been politically inappropriate to impose such legal measures. Instead, the independent forces relied on the inherent intelligence and willingness of the Traditional Birth Attendants to modify their gynecological practices gradually, once they were given the necessary modern medical information. This approach also laid the groundwork for the continuing education of women by women after independence--an additional step towards assuring the equality of women.
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title	Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice
title_short	Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice
title_full	Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice
title_fullStr	Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
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