BACKGROUND Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or cutting caries legal and bioethical debates and it is practiced in many developing countries. METHODS Random selection of 154 midwives was used for the study during June 2012 and through July 2012 aiming to assess knowledge and attitudes of the midwives towards FGM in Eastern Sudan. RESULTS A total of 157 midwives enrolled in this study. They ha...

aim: this study was performed to investigate the general mental health and aggression in female prisoners in isfahan with the aim of determining whether the scores of aggression and general mental health differ according to selected demographic characteristics.methods: this cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study was performed in the central prison of isfahan. regarding the inclusion a...

background: female labor supply has been changed dramatically in the recent yr. in this study, we examined the effects of development on the relationship between fertility and female labor supply. methods: we used data of population and housing census of iran and estimated three separate models. to do this we employed logistic regressions (blr). results: the estimation results of our study show...

abstract background: various types of foot orthoses are prescribed for people with flatfoot. it has been reported that orthoses not only improve the biomechanics of the lower limb, but also have good effects on some balance parameters in these subjects. it is hypothesized that the latter effect is dependent on the rigidity of the orthoses. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the e...

BACKGROUND Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Egyptian society. It is strongly entrenched in local tradition and culture and has a strong link to the position of women. To eradicate the practice a major attitudinal change is a required for which an improvement in the social position of women is a prerequisite. This study examines the relationship between Egyptian women's soc...

background: sexual dysfunction is the most common disorder in women. according to the who , s exual education programs are considered as a need. therefore , this study was designed to investigate the effect of educational program on sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction . methods: this randomized trial, was conducted in 2013 on 90 married women by convenient sampling in qazvin, centr...

simindaneshvar is the first iranian  femalenovelist in persian literature and her famous novel, savushun, gives her a place beside othersuperioriranian writers and novelists. female perspective in savushun caused its eternitybecause it is the first novel that is written and published by a woman. although the woman is victim of patriarchy in iranian novels generally, both simindaneshvarand her h...

discussion the presence of ohss in spontaneous pregnancy especially in familial pattern may lead us to evaluate some endogenous pathogenic factors. case presentation in this case report, we are going to present two cases of ohss occurring in spontaneously conceived pregnancies. one of the patients mentioned the history of this syndrome in her sister, and the other one confronted with this syndr...