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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Sierra Leone: are educated women intending to circumcise their daughters?

BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been recognized as a gross violation of human rights of girls and women. This is well established in numerous international legal instruments. It forms part of the initiation ceremony that confers womanhood in Sierra Leone. Girls and women wh...

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Autores principales: Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena, Tetteh, Justice Kanor, Armah-Ansah, Ebenezer Kwesi, Aduo-Adjei, Kofi, Sena-Iddrisu, Aisha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7376916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32703226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12914-020-00240-0