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Understanding the association between parental attitudes and the practice of female genital mutilation among daughters

Female genital mutilation is a harmful traditional practice that violates girls’ right to health and overall well-being. Most research cites social acceptance, marriageability, community belonging, proof of virginity, curbing promiscuity, hygiene, and religion as motivations for the practice. It is...

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Autores principales: Cappa, Claudia, Thomson, Claire, Murray, Colleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7241784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32437387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233344