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WRRC Bibliography: Sexuality

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Reaching Adolescents with Sexual and Reproductive health messages – GAMCOTRAP

This book is a bid to reach out to young people with messages of reproductive health, such as the effects of FGM and the empowerment of young girls.  

Sisters Listening to Sisters: Women of the World Share Stories of Personal Empowerment

Chapter 13, entitled “Female Genital Mutilation: Stories from Africa”, is the most relevant in this book. It highlights empirical stories about FGM from Africa, and includes testimonies by women who suffered the culture while facilitating an understanding Female Genital Mutilation from a...

Sos Sexisme (arabe, français, anglais, perse)
Sos Sexisme souhaite que l'oppression millénaire subie par les femmes à travers le monde, depuis l'avènement du patriarcat, fasse l'objet d'une dénonciation officielle et de dédommagements de la part des Gouvernements respectifs, pour que cessent, enfin, les discriminations et les crimes à leur...
The Circumcision of Women: A Strategy for Eradication

The author shows that female circumcision is not confined to the Horn of Africa, or the Muslim areas of the continent. Her study of the practice in Sierra Leone demonstrates its important role in the traditional initiation of females into both womanhood and society in parts of West Africa. The...

The Female Circumcision controversy: An Anthropological Perspective

This book explores aspects of Sudanese culture that have a strong impact on the perpetuation of female circumcision in Sudan. This includes: the historical ritual and meaning of the female circumcision ceremony; the importance placed on female circumcision by men in choosing their wives; and the...

The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females

This book provides case studies of FGM in: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It also includes a survey of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, Asia, and the Western world. Also, health facts, history, politics, and a bibliography are...

The SWITCH Project

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

Training Kit: Prevention and Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation among Immigrants in Europe

This is a training kit that provides steps to addressing FGM amongst immigrant families in Europe. It also provides case studies of girls affected by the practice in different countries. 

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. 

Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Building of Women

This book chronicles a unique filmmaking journey. It describes documentary efforts undertaken from California to England, Senegal, The Gambia, and Burkina Faso, characterised by interviews with people who are concerned with and affected by the practice of female genital mutilation. The text...