Female genital mutilation/cutting in Sierra Leone: are educated women intending to circumcise their daughters?

• প্রধান লেখক: Edward Kwabena Ameyaw (লেখক), Justice Kanor Tetteh (লেখক), Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah (লেখক), Kofi Aduo-Adjei (লেখক), Aisha Sena-Iddrisu (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Abstract Background Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been recognized as a gross violation of human rights of girls and women. This is well established in numerous international legal instruments. It forms part of the initiation ceremony that confers womanhood in Sierra Leone. Girls and...