Selected Factors Leading to the Transmission of Female Genital Mutilation Across Generations : Quantitative Analysis for Six African Countries

The attention given to the issue of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) as a harmful practice has been growing in recent years. Yet, while ending female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C, both terminologies are used in the literature) i...

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Main Authors: Onagoruwa, Adenike, Wodon, Quentin
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/380201517582297269/Ending-violence-against-women-and-girls-selected-factors-leading-to-the-transmission-of-female-genital-mutilation-across-generations-quantitative-analysis-for-six-African-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29331