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A Review of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in the Dawoodi Bohra Community:
Purpose of ReviewThe aim of this second review in a three-part series is to provide a contextual overview of the cultural underpinnings of female...
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“A Review of Female Genital Cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra Community: Part 3—the Historical, Anthropological and Religious Underpinnings of FGC in the Dawoodi Bohras”
Purpose of ReviewThe aim of this third review in a three-part series is to provide a contextual overview of the historical, anthropological, and...
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A Review of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in the Dawoodi Bohra Community:
Purpose of ReviewThe aim of this first review out of a three-part series is to provide an overview of the practices of genital cutting including male...
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Exploring opposition to ritual female genital cutting since the first U.S. federal prosecution: the 2017 Detroit case
In the U.S., the 1996 federal law banning medically unnecessary female genital cutting (FGC) of minors was rendered unconstitutional in 2018 in the...
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From Intimate Exams to Ritual Nicking: Interpreting Nonconsensual Medicalized Genital Procedures as Sexual Boundary Violations
Purpose of ReviewThis review seeks to integrate scholarly discussions of nonconsensual medicalized genital procedures, combining insights from the...
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Zero Tolerance for Genital Mutilation: a Review of Moral Justifications
Purpose of ReviewTo summarize and critically evaluate the moral principles invoked in support of zero tolerance laws and policies for medically...
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Is Circumcision “Necessary” in Islam? A Philosophical Argument Based on Peer Disagreement
In recent years, there has been a resurgence in debates on the ethics of child genital cutting practices, both female and male, including within a...
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Rethinking the Anti-FGM Zero-Tolerance Policy: from Intellectual Concerns to Empirical Challenges
Purpose of ReviewBased on the discussions of a symposium co-organized by the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the University of Lausanne...
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What Constitutes Mutilation? A Concern With Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Laws in Australia and the Question of Natural Function
Purpose of ReviewIn 2019, the highest court in Australia is deliberating on the question of what constitutes mutilation. This paper examines the...
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Pricking in the African Diaspora: Current Evidence and Recurrent Debates
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to assess current evidence and summarise key debates on pricking within the African diaspora.
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Molecular characterization of β-thalassemia in four communities in South Gujarat—codon 30 (G → A) a predominant mutation in the Kachhiya Patel community
Different thalassemia mutations have been reported in various ethnic groups and geographical regions in India. In this study, we have investigated...
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Exposure to and opinions towards sex education among adolescent students in Mumbai: A cross-sectional survey
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to determine students' exposure to sex education and identify students' perceptions of accessibility to sexual...