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Eritrea - Eliminating a Harmful Traditional Practice

Female genital mutilation is wide-spread throughout many regions of Africa and elsewhere. It is usually perpetrated during early childhood and has serious consequences for the medical, gynecological, and obstetrical well-being of girls. These effec...

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Main Author: Wolff, Peter H.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
GYNECOLOGICAL CARE
INFIBULATION
CULTURAL VALUES
PARTICIPATIONS
EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY CHILDHOOD
DOCTORS
GENITAL MUTILATION
GIRLS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
LEARNING
MORTALITY
NGOS
NOMADS
NURSES
PROSTITUTES
SOCIETY
VILLAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1726165/eritrea-eliminating-harmful-traditional-practice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10797

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1726165/eritrea-eliminating-harmful-traditional-practice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10797

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