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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Change is possible

References

Abdi, Maryam Sheikh and Ian Askew. 2009. "A religious oriented approach to addressing female genital mutilation/cutting among the Somali community of Wajir, Kenya," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (updated March 2009) (PDF)

Askew, Ian. 2005. "Methodological issues in measuring the impact of interventions against female genital cutting." Culture, Health and Sexuality 7(5): 463–477. (PDF)

Chege, Jane Njeri, Ian Askew, and Jennifer Liku. 2001. "An assessment of the alternative rites approach for encouraging abandonment of female genital mutilation in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Chege, Jane et al. 2004. "Testing the effectiveness of integrating community-based approaches for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting into CARE’s reproductive health programs in Ethiopia and Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Amadou Moreau, and Hélène Benga. 2008. "Evaluation of the long-term impact of the TOSTAN programme on the abandonment of FGM/C and early marriage: Results from a qualitative study," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou et al. 2008. “Analysis of the evolution of the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting in Burkina Faso,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (executive summary in English; report in French)

Diop, Nafissatou J. et al. 2004a. "The TOSTAN program: Evaluation of a community-based education program in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou J. et al. 2004b. "Experience from a community-based education program in Burkina Faso: The Tostan program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou J. et al. 1998. "Etude de l’efficacité de la formation du personnel socio-sanitaire dans l’education des client(e)s sur l’excision et dans le traitement de ses complications au Mali" [Study of the effectiveness of training health personnel on educating clients on excision and managing FGC complications in Mali], ORTA II Final Report. Bamako: Population Council and Republic of Mali, Division of Family and Community Health, and Association for the Support and Development of Population Activities. (PDF in English) (PDF en français)

Jaldesa, Guyo W. et al. 2005. "Female genital cutting among the Somali of Kenya and management of its complications," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Kenya Ministry of Health. 2007. "Management of complications, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of FGM/C: A reference manual for health service providers." Nairobi: Division of Reproductive Health, Ministry of Health. (PDF)

Kenya Ministry of Health and Population Council. 2006. “Reproductive health update trainings for health workers in North Eastern Province, Garissa,” Nairobi: Ministry of Health and Population Council. (PDF)

Njue, Carolyne and Ian Askew. 2004. "Medicalization of female genital cutting among the AbaGusii in Nyanza Province, Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Population Council. 2003. "Using operations research to strengthen programmes for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting: Report of a consultative meeting on methodological issues for FGC research, April 9–11, 2002, Nairobi, Kenya," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF)

Population Council and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST). 1998. "Evaluation de la stratégie de reconversion des exciseuses pour l’eradication des mutilations génitales féminines au Mali" [Evaluation of the strategy to retrain excisors for the eradication of female genital mutilation in Mali], ORTA II Final Report. Bamako: Population Council and Republic of Mali, Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and of Scientific Research. (PDF in English) (PDF en français)

UNICEF. 2005. "Changing a harmful social convention: Female genital mutilation/cutting," Innocenti Digest 12. Florence, Italy: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. (offsite link)

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