Persistent female genital mutilation despite its illegality: Narratives from women and men in northern Ghana.

<h4>Background</h4>Globally, an estimated two million women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and approximately four percent of women who have been circumcised live in Ghana. In the Bawku Municipality and Pusiga District, sixty one percent of women have undergone the proced...

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Main Authors: Evelyn Sakeah, Cornelius Debpuur, Raymond Akawire Aborigo, Abraham Rexford Oduro, James Kotuah Sakeah, Cheryl A Moyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214923