Female genital cutting (FGC) continues to garner increasing attention across western health-
care systems seeking to optimize care and outcomes among migrant communities affected …

Anthropology grew out of a commitment to study and discuss humanity, in variation and
sameness, across time and space. Given its disciplinary penchant for holism and historical …

It is estimated that 100±130 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form
of cutting of their external genitalia, or female genital cutting (FGC). Genital cutting among …

Though the literature aimed at deepening our understanding of the practice of female genital
cutting (FGC) is vast and growing, the issue of behavior change remains poorly understood …

This qualitative study involved in-depth interviews with a convenience sample of 17 Somali-
born North American immigrant women who had undergone the practice of female genital …

Female" circumcision" or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important
cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. It is also a …

Many of the Somali women who have immigrated to other countries, including Canada, have
experienced Female Genital Circumcision/Mutilation/Cutting (FGC). While there is literature …

In this article, critical perspectives including postcolonial feminism, African feminism, and
intersectionality are presented as having decolonizing methodological potential whereby the …

Abstract Background Female Genital Cutting (FGC) anchored in a complex socio-cultural
context becomes significant at the interface of access of health and social services in host …

This small pilot study analyzed the experiences of female genital cutting (FGC) among West
African immigrants in New York City from three West African countries (the Gambia, Guinea …