'It is what was handed over to us as our heritage and must not be taken away just like that': Traditional birth attendants' attitudes towards the elimination of intergenerational female genital mutilation/cutting in Osun State, Nigeria.

• Autors principals: Rosemary Omolara Fafowora (Autor), Sinegugu Evidence Duma (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Female genital mutilation/cutting is a harmful practice that violates the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls. The practice is often perpetrated directly or indirectly from one generation to another as a way of preserving the culture, thus making it difficult to tackle using ord...