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Why are current efforts to eliminate female circumcision in Ethiopia misplaced?
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This article discusses female circumcision in Ethiopia and the eradication challenges. It argues that despite an overall decline in the practice nationally, eradication efforts have caused significant quandaries for girls and their families. The most common justification by far for its continuance is that female circumcision confirms a girl’s social place by proving her readiness for marriage and adulthood and thereby ensures her protection against material want. Often intervention has res...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 710.8KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/13691058.2012.726743
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+ Department of International Development
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Funding agency for:
Boyden, J
Grant:
R8544
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- Culture, Health and Sexuality Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 1111-1123
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
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1464-5351
- ISSN:
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1369-1058
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:9086
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Taylor & Francis
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
- Copyright 2012 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor&Francis in Culture, Health and Sexuality on 2/10/2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13691058.2012.726743
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