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The SWITCH Project

This material gives an insight into heath related issue of Somali refugee women, and concerns faced particularly regarding Female Genital Mutilation.

Use of Indicators in the Campaign against FGM

This manual provides practical information on the use of indicators of process and impact in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation. 

WOMEN: A special issue about FGM

This material covers various areas/topics on FGM. It is an advocacy manual for the eradication of FGM and an awareness-raising tool for policy makers. It is available in English and Arabic. 

Zero Tolerance to FGM

This is a resource on the moves towards the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation by the year 2010 in Africa. It gives a situational analysis of FGM in Africa. 

“Being different and vulnerable”

This study shows the experiences of immigrant African women who have been circumcised and sought maternity care in Sweden. It shows the encounters of women from Somalia, Eritrea,and Sudan who have been genitally cut withthe health care system in Sweden.

“Female Circumcision Comes to America”

This article explores the global nature of FGM – from practising countries into American societies. It shows how FGM is performed by new immigrants, veiled in deference to a cultural tradition of the developing world, and the gradual visibility of female circumcision as an American problem....

“Female Genital Mutilation in Africa, the Middle East & Far East: Where, why, what and how it is done”

This paper is on various perspectives of FGM, the reasons for and types of FGM, and the health consequences of the practice.

 

“Female Genital Mutilation – The Facts”

This material is a compilation of issues regarding the effects of FGM on newborns, children, adolescents and young adults. It also shows the prevalence in various countries in Africa, and looks at the reasons why there is support for FGM in Egypt, Mali, Central African Republic and Eritrea.

“Female genital mutilation: classification and management”

This book shows that female genital mutilation is a deeply rooted cultural tradition observed primarily in Africa and among certain communities in the Middle East and Asia. It also looks at its considerable health consequences and the increasing health care needs compared to available healthcare...

“Female genital mutilation: knowledge, attitudes and practices of Flemish gynaecologists”

This survey assesses the knowledge, attitudes and practices with regards to female genital mutilation (FGM) among gynaecologists in Flanders, Belgium. The survey revealed gaps in the knowledge of FGM and the provision of care by Flemish gynaecologists to women who had been mutilated.