Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses

Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses

Female genital cutting (FGC) is a major issue at the interplay of faith and health in development. The practice is in part faith-inspired, and has clear negative health impacts. The prevalence of FGC remains especially high in Egypt. This article reflects on some of the factors that lead to the perp...

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Main Authors: Wodon, Quentin, Yedan, Ali, Leye, Els
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2017
Subjects:
GENDER
YOUTH
HEALTH
ARAB STATES
GENITAL CUTTING
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27675
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spelling okr-10986-276752021-05-25T10:54:42Z Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses Wodon, Quentin Yedan, Ali Leye, Els GENDER YOUTH HEALTH ARAB STATES GENITAL CUTTING Female genital cutting (FGC) is a major issue at the interplay of faith and health in development. The practice is in part faith-inspired, and has clear negative health impacts. The prevalence of FGC remains especially high in Egypt. This article reflects on some of the factors that lead to the perpetuation of the practice by analysing data from the 2014 Survey of Young People in Egypt. The focus is on whether religiosity, acceptance of traditional gender roles and discrimination, attitudes towards women’s autonomy, and age at marriage affect attitudes towards FGC, controlling for other factors. The results suggest that all these factors do indeed play a role. 2017-08-08T18:53:20Z 2017-08-08T18:53:20Z 2017-07-21 Journal Article Development in Practice 0961-4524 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27675 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic GENDER
YOUTH
HEALTH
ARAB STATES
GENITAL CUTTING
spellingShingle GENDER
YOUTH
HEALTH
ARAB STATES
GENITAL CUTTING
Wodon, Quentin
Yedan, Ali
Leye, Els
Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Egypt, Arab Republic of
description Female genital cutting (FGC) is a major issue at the interplay of faith and health in development. The practice is in part faith-inspired, and has clear negative health impacts. The prevalence of FGC remains especially high in Egypt. This article reflects on some of the factors that lead to the perpetuation of the practice by analysing data from the 2014 Survey of Young People in Egypt. The focus is on whether religiosity, acceptance of traditional gender roles and discrimination, attitudes towards women’s autonomy, and age at marriage affect attitudes towards FGC, controlling for other factors. The results suggest that all these factors do indeed play a role.
format Journal Article
author Wodon, Quentin
Yedan, Ali
Leye, Els
author_facet Wodon, Quentin
Yedan, Ali
Leye, Els
author_sort Wodon, Quentin
title Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses
title_short Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses
title_full Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses
title_fullStr Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses
title_full_unstemmed Female Genital Cutting in Egypt : Drivers and Potential Responses
title_sort female genital cutting in egypt : drivers and potential responses
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2017
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27675
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