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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names and programs appear in boldface type.

2008
Abdi, Maryam Sheikh. “A religious oriented approach to addressing FGM/C among the Somali community of Wajir, Kenya,” FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council (updated May 2008) (PDF)

Abdi, Maryam Sheikh, Guyo Jaldesa, and Ian Askew. "Managing and preventing female genital cutting (FGM/C) among the Somali community in Kenya,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"Burkina Faso: Political will, law enforcement, and educational campaigns appear to be reducing FGM/C," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 72. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Diop, Nafissatou J. "Technical assistance to the interagency coordination group seeking to reduce female genital mutilation/cutting,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou, Zakari Congo, Aïna Ouédraogo, Alphonsine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini. “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, Amadou Moreau, and Hélène Benga. “Evaluation of the long-term impact of the TOSTAN programme on the abandonment of FGM/C and early marriage: Results from a qualitative study in Senegal,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"Kenya: Islamic scholars find no religious justification for FGM/C," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 73. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Kenya: Training can enhance providers’ management of FGM/C and willingness to advocate against the practice," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 71. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Senegal: Education and public declarations contribute to Tostan’s success," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 70. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2007
Kenya Ministry of Health. "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: Begin community dialogue on FGM/C by discussing cultural justification,” FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 59. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

“Kenya: Mobilize health care providers to advocate against FGM/C,” FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 60. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Review of FRONTIERS program FGC-related activities, February 2007." Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2006
"Accelerating the abandonment of female genital cutting: Community change to support human rights," USAID Maximizing Access and Quality (MAQ) Technical Brief. Washington, DC: INFO Project. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou. "Technical assistance to organizations in Guinea seeking to reduce female genital cutting," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou J. and Ian Askew. "Strategies for encouraging the abandonment of female genital cutting in West Africa: Experiences from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali," in Rogaia M. Abusharaf (ed.), Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.*

Feldman-Jacobs, Charlotte (ed.). "Informations sur la mutilation génitale féminine : Quelle est la situation ? Quels sont les besoins ? Évaluation (juillet 2004)." Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau. (PDF)

"Female genital mutilation/cutting: Publications on research in FGM/C—Mutilations génitales féminines: Publications sur la recherche concernant l'excision," FRONTIERS CD-ROM. Nairobi: Population Council. (For a copy, contact frontiers@popcouncil.org)

"The struggle to end FGM/C," Momentum, December 2006. New York: Population Council. (full text)

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

"Burkina Faso: Community education program scaled-up in Burkina Faso," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 55. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Jaldesa, Guyo W., Ian Askew, Caroline Njue, and Monica Wanjiru. “Female genital cutting among the Somali of Kenya and management of its complications,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Rajadurai, Henrietta and Susan Igras. 2005. “At the intersection of health, social well-being and human rights: CARE’s experiences working with communities toward abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC).” CARE Report. Atlanta: CARE. (PDF) (related project, Technical Assistance to CARE International for Testing Interventions to Eliminate Female Genital Cutting (FGC))

"Senegal: Community education program increases dialogue on FGC," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 54. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Shaaban, Layla M. and Sarah Harbison. "Reaching the tipping point against female genital mutilation," Lancet 366(9483): 347–349. (PDF, with permission from Elsevier)

2004
Chege, Jane, Ian Askew, Susan Igras, and Jacinta K. Muteshi. “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 Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Modou Mbacke Faye, Amadou Morea, Jacqueline Cabral, Hélène Benga, Fatou Cissé, Babacar Mané, Inge Baumgarten, and Molly Melching. "The Tostan program: Evaluation of a community-based education program in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Djingri Ouoba, Zakari Congo, Molly Melching, Baya Banza, Georges Guiella, and Inge Baumgarten. "Experience from a community-based education program in Burkina Faso: The Tostan program," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

Feldman-Jacobs, Charlotte (ed.). "Information on female genital cutting: What is out there? What is needed? An assessment," Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau. (offsite PDF) (en français)

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

"Potential data biases in studies exposed," Population Briefs 10(1): 3. (full text)

2003
Diop, Nafissatou J., Edmond Bagde, Djingri Ouoba, and Molly Melching. “Replication of the TOSTAN Programme in Burkina Faso: How 23 villages participated in a human rights-based education programme and abandoned the practice of female genital cutting in Burkina Faso.” Dakar: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en français)

Jackson, Elizabeth F., Patricia Akweongo, Evelyn Sakeah, Abraham Hodgson, Rofina Asuru, and James E. Phillips. "Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences," Studies in Family Planning 34(3): 200210. (PDF) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 178. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

"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)

2002
“Kenya: Community sensitization must precede alternative coming-of-age rite,” FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 27. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

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

"FGC in Egypt: Myths and realities exposed,” Asia and Near East Operations Research and Technical Assistance Project Report. Cairo: Population Council. (no electronic copy available; print document available in English and Arabic; e-mail frontiers@popcouncil.org)

2000
Abdel-Tawab, Nahla
and Sahar Hegazi. "Critical analysis of interventions against FGC in Egypt," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (summary of key findings in Arabic)

"Burkina Faso and Mali: Female genital cutting harms women's health," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 10. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en français)

"Decline in female circumcision likely among Egyptian adolescents, recent research suggests," Population Briefs 6(1): 1. (PDF in Arabic)

"Egypt: NGOs need to join forces to end FGC," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 14. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF in Arabic)

Hegazi, Sahar and Mona Khalifa. "Increasing the coverage of reproductive health issues in the Egyptian press," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"Mali: Empowering health workers to advocate against female genital cutting," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 11. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en français)

"Mali: FGC excisors persist despite entreaties," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 2. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF en français)

"The Tostan story: Breakthrough in Senegal—Ending female genital cutting," FRONTIERS Report. Cairo: Population Council. (full text) (PDF in Arabic) (hard copy available in French)

1999
El-Gibaly, Omaima, Barbara Ibrahim, Barbara S. Mensch, and Wesley H. Clark. "The decline of female circumcision in Egypt: Evidence and interpretation," Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 132. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

Jones, Heidi, Nafissatou Diop, Ian Askew, and Inoussa Kaboré. "Female genital cutting practices in Burkina Faso and Mali and their negative health outcomes." Studies in Family Planning 30(3): 219–230. (PDF)

"The Tostan story: Breakthrough in Senegal: Ending female genital cutting," FRONTIERS Report. Dakar: Population Council (PDF) (PDF in Arabic)

Tostan. "ECLOSION au Sénégal: Pourquoi les populations abandonnent la pratique de l'Excision," Rapport du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d'Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Dakar: Population Council. (PDF)

1998
Diop, Nafissatou J., Fatoumata Traoré, Habibatou Diallo, Ousmane Traoré, Aissa Haidara Touré, Youssouf Diallo, Madina Sangaré, Fatoumata Tandia Keita, and Attaher Touré.  “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],” Rapport Final du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d’Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Bamako: Population Council et République du Mali, Ministère de la Santé, des Personnes Agées et de la Solidarité (MSPAS), Association de Soutien au Développement des activités de Population (ASDAP). (PDF, 147 KB)

"Evaluation de la prevalence, de la typologie et des complications liees a l'excision chez les patientes frequentant les formations sanitaires du Bazega [Burkina Faso]," Rapport Final du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d’Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Ouagadougou: Population Council, Ministère de la Santé, Direction de la Santé de la Famille, Unité d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Démographie, Mwangaza. (PDF)

"Evaluation de la strategie de reconversion des exciseuses pour l'eradication des mutilation genitales feminines au Mali," Rapport Final du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d’Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Bamako: Population Council, République du Mali, Ministère des Enseignements Secondaire, Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique. (PDF)

Population Council et Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST). “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],” Rapport Final du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d’Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Bamako: Population Council et République du Mali, Ministère des Enseignements Secondaire, Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique. (PDF, 151 KB)

"Rapport du seminaire national [au Mali] pour la definition d'une strategie d'eradication de l'excision," Rapport du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d’Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Bamako: Population Council et République du Mali, Commissariat à la Promotion des Femmes. (PDF)

1997
"Confirming the extent of female genital cutting (FGC)," Asia and Near East OR/TA Summary. Cairo: Population Council. (full text) (PDF in Arabic)

Diallo, Assitan. "Mutilations genitales geminines (MGF) au Mali: Revue de la litterature et des actions menees," Rapport Final du Projet de Recherche Operationnelle et d’Assistance Technique en Afrique II. Bamako: Population Council. (PDF)

1996
"Clinic-based investigation of the typology and self-reporting of FGM in Egypt," Asia and Near East Operations Research and Technical Assistance Project Final Report. Cairo: Population Council. (PDF)

"Egypt: Confirming the extent of female genital mutilation (FGM)," Asia and Near East Operations Research and Technical Assistance Project OR Summary. Cairo: Population Council. (full text) (PDF in Arabic)

*Not available from the Population Council



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23 July 2008