Background: Self-mutilation is one of the most extreme types of self-harm, which is done deliberately to hurt the body, regardless of suicidal intent. In self-mutilation, the most important targets are the eyes, genital tract, and hands. So far, genital self-mutilation (GSM) has been less frequently reported around the world. According to our study, this is the first case of GSM reported in Ira...

issue in an informed way, there should be greater research into whether affected women view themselves as victims of assault or as active and willing participants in a necessary social act. As J Tim Scott reasoned in a letter to the British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com/cgi/eleters/321/7256/ 262#EL3 [accessed Sept 25, 2001]), some supporters of the educative approach rather than a total ban may ...

Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) mulai diakui secara internasional pada tahun 1960-an dengan para aktivis dan petugas medis di Afrika menyuarakan implikasi kesehatan dari praktek untuk PBB WHO. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif tujuan dapat mengeksplorasi memaknai suatu fenomena sosial. FGM mungkin berasal sebagai bagian ritual remaja yang kemudian menyebar ke lain dunia oleh difusi....

BACKGROUND Females genital mutilation is one of the harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and children. It has a long-term physiological, sexual and psychological effect on women. Females' genital mutilation still remains to be a serious problem for large proportion of women in most sub-Saharan Africa countries including Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to identify...