Author: Inter-African CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Summary Report on the Inter-African Committee Regional Seminar on "Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Africa" Held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6-10 April 1987
Author: Inter-African CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Summary Report on the Inter-African Committee Regional Seminar on "Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Africa" Held in Addis Ababa, 6-10 April 1987
Author: Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and ChildrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
African Women's Studies, 1980-2001
Author: Desiree LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Female Circumcision
Author: Rogaia Mustafa AbusharafPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812201027
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Bolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene-kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming-of-age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as barbaric. It is estimated that between 100 million and 130 million girls and women today have undergone forms of this genital surgery. Female Circumcision gathers together African activists to examine the issue within its various cultural and historical contexts, the debates on circumcision regarding African refugee and immigrant populations in the United States, and the human rights efforts to eradicate the practice. This work brings African women's voices into the discussion, foregrounds indigenous processes of social and cultural change, and demonstrates the manifold linkages between respect for women's bodily integrity, the empowerment of women, and democratic modes of economic development. This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society. Instead, the contributors explore a chain of connecting issues and processes through which the practice is being transformed in local and transnational contexts. The authors document shifts in local views to highlight processes of change and chronicle the efforts of diverse communities as agents in the process of cultural and social transformation.
Women's International Network News
Author: Women's International NetworkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Women's Health in Africa
Author: Chimaraoke IzugbaraPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317519558
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : de
Pages : 597
Book Description
This edited book includes new policy-relevant research on women’s health issues in Africa. Scholars explore critical topics from different disciplinary traditions using a variety of research methodologies and data sources. The contributors include African scholars with in-depth knowledge of their home contexts, who can furnish nuanced interpretations of local health issues and trends; international researchers who bring vigorous comparative viewpoints; emerging scholars adding to scientific knowledge; and more established researchers with a deep global knowledge of women’s health issues. The range of women’s health issues is vast, including the HIV epidemic and its impacts; domestic violence; the persistence of homebirths; and abortion. In addition, the book investigates emerging health concerns such as CVDs and cancers. Readers will learn that, while old health issues have persisted and assumed new dimensions, newer concerns have materialized and are gaining momentum. The inability of health systems to tackle these issues complicates matters in Africa, creating a sense of desperation that can only be successfully confronted through strong political will and strategic planning, grounded in further research. This book was originally published as several special issues of Health Care for Women International.
Research Papers on the Situation of Children and Adolescents in Ethiopia
Author: Habtamu WondimuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Report on the Regional Conference on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Africa
Author: Safe Abortion
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241590343
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
At a UN General Assembly Special Session in 1999, governments recognised unsafe abortion as a major public health concern, and pledged their commitment to reduce the need for abortion through expanded and improved family planning services, as well as ensure abortion services should be safe and accessible. This technical and policy guidance provides a comprehensive overview of the many actions that can be taken in health systems to ensure that women have access to good quality abortion services as allowed by law.
Report on a Seminar on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Africa
Author: Senegal. Ministry of Public HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circumcision
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
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