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Women's position and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in Egypt: A secondary analysis of the Egypt demographic and health surveys, 1995-2014

BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Egyptian society. It is strongly entrenched in local tradition and culture and has a strong link to the position of women. To eradicate the practice a major attitudinal change is a required for which an improvement in the social posi...

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Autores principales: Van Rossem, Ronan, Meekers, Dominique, Gage, Anastasia J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26357927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2203-6