Female genital mutilation/cutting: Emerging factors sustaining medicalization related changes in selected Kenyan communities.

Although female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined, it is pervasive albeit changing form among communities in Kenya. Transformation of FGM/C include medicalization although poorly understood has increased undermining abandonment efforts for the practice. We sought to understand drivers...

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Main Authors: Samuel Kimani, Caroline W Kabiru, Jacinta Muteshi, Jaldesa Guyo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228410