Female genital mutilation/cutting: Emerging factors sustaining medicalization related changes in selected Kenyan communities.
Although female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined, it is pervasive albeit changing form among communities in Kenya. Transformation of FGM/C include medicalization although poorly understood has increased undermining abandonment efforts for the practice. We sought to understand drivers...
Main Authors: | Samuel Kimani, Caroline W Kabiru, Jacinta Muteshi, Jaldesa Guyo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228410 |
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