Prevalence of female genital mutilation among school girls in ElMansoura Center, El-Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Yasein, Yasser A.

doi:10.9790/0853-131147683

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“…Moreover, the odds of a girl undergoing the procedure are twice among rural compared to urban residents (OR; 2.456, 95% CI=1.595 -2.844). This is also in agreement with previous evidence [11,17,[23][24][25] . This may be because of the strict tradition and loose legal concern for the practice in the rural areas.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The current study demonstrated that the prevalence of FGM\C among early adolescent girls aged (10 to 14) years was (64.8%), which indicates a decline in the practice of FGM/C in Egypt. This is in agreement with another study that was conducted in El-Dakahlia governorate among secondary school girls which found that the prevalence of FGM/C among them was (53.7%) [11] . Also this is in agreement with the earlier report by El-Gibaly et al [12] who showed that approximately (84.2%) of girls in Egypt would be circumcised, which was lower than practice levels in the ninetieth.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…This is in agreement with the results of other studies [2,19,21,22] . Other studies also found that the prevalence rate was higher in rural schools compared to urban schools (61.7% versus 46.2%, respectively) [14] and (65.5% versus 42.3% respectively) [11] . Moreover, the odds of a girl undergoing the procedure are twice among rural compared to urban residents (OR; 2.456, 95% CI=1.595 -2.844).…”

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confidence: 85%

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Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation / Cutting : Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt

Sayeda¹,

Al-Attarb²,

Elgibalyb³

2017

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: female genital mutilation/cuutting (FGM/C) is one of the main social problems affecting adolescent girls in Egypt. FGM/C has many health hazards affecting adolescents later in their lives. Researches related to FGM/C in Egypt focused mainly on prevalence and causes of FGM/C among women. However, there was little attention in exploring this problem among early adolescent girls. Aim: the objectives of this study included determining the prevalence and correlates of FGM/C among early adolescents in Egypt. Subjects and Methods: a secondary analysis of a nationally representative stratified multistage cluster sample using early adolescent girls using Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) data 2009. Descriptive analysis was done using univariate & bivariate analysis to identify prevalence of FGM/C in Egypt among early adolescents and associated factors. Correlates of FGM/C were identified using logistic regression analysis with 95% confidence interval and P <0.05 as a significant level. Software used was SPSS version 20. Results: nearly two thirds of 10-14 years old girls in Egypt were exposed to FGM/C.FGM/C was carried on the majority of them by medical personnel (70.7%) at home or at private medical facilities. Older age, living in rural areas, and belonging to lowest wealth quintile were the main predictors of FGM\C exposure. Conclusions: FGM/C is still a major threat to early adolescent girls in Egypt especially by medical personnel among rural and poor families. Emphasizing strict legal sanctions against physicians performing the procedures as well as against responsible parents is very crucial in Egypt.

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Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation / Cutting : Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt

Sayeda¹,

Al-Attarb²,

Elgibalyb³

2017

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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“…The psychological consequences of female circumcision can be explained by the following mechanisms: a person's concern about the state of their genitals, future married life, and fear of infertility, or when circumcision was delayed until adolescence or early adulthood due to parental weakness or as a sort of punishment. 34 On the other hand, the education provided in schools and public forums about the negative effects of circumcision puts a lot of psychological pressure on circumcised individuals. 35 Some researchers also believe that cultural acceptance of circumcision can reduce its psychological burden.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mental Health Disorders in Circumcised Reproductive-age Women, Legal Dimensions and Prevention Strategies: A Narrative Review

Alidost

Abbasi

Ghamsari

et al. 2023

Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet

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Objective: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can affect women's lives through various physical, psychological, social and even sexual mechanisms. According to the World Health Organization guidelines for managing the health effects of FGM/C, further research into its psychological effects and preventative measures is required. In this study, a comprehensive review of the mental health consequences of circumcised women of reproductive age has been conducted with a special focus on providing preventive solutions. Methods: A comprehensive search of the Web of Science, PubMed(MEDLINE), Proquest, Scopus and Google scholar was carried outfrom 2000 to 2022. The second stage of search was conducted in grey literature. To facilitate a systematic approach to search the literature, the PECO framework, was adopted. Results: The result of this narrative review study showed that, the most common mental health disorder in reproductive age circumcised women were depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some studies found a significant relationship between parents' education level and circumcised girls, so that parents of the circumcised women had a low level of education. Two studies considered religious beliefs, tradition, cleanness, sexual desire control and virginity as the reasons for FGM/C. Conclusion: All forms of FGM/C may be harmful to one's health. Women, who have undergone widespread forms of circumcision, are more likely to develop mental disorders. As the psychosocial effects of circumcision can affect the sexual experience of circumcised women, addressing this issue, emphasizing its legal aspects, and providing preventative solutions can improve physical, mental, social, and even sexual health in circumcised women.

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“…The inactive local communities' involvement and its stumpy participation by rural people in controlling FGM risk lead to feeble decision-making, which support to suspended the lives of thousands and millions of women [15]. communities objective was to guarantee females purity and virginity which taken as precondition for an honorable marriage and basis of economic survival for women [16,17]. [18].…”

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Community Participation and Challenges in controlling Female Genital Mutilation in A Rural Community of Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Study

M¹

2021

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Background Female gentile mutilation is all procedures that involving the partial or total removal of external genitalia or other injury to female genital organs. More than 140 million women in the world have undergone female gentile mutilation. In many rural parts of Africa, local communities’ low involvement and existence of diverse challenges during community participation supported to the persistence of female gentile mutilation practices. Community participation can empower and provide local people with opportunity to think and develop solutions for themselves by incorporating local knowledge and skills in the process of taking part. Increasing community participation has power in controlling such challengeable social issue in creating common consensus and sense of responsibility among local community. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the role of community participation and challenges in controlling the female genital mutilation in rural community of southwest Ethiopia. Methods A community based cross sectional study was conducted from November 1–30, 2020 in southwest Ethiopia among 403 study participants. A multi-stage stratified sampling technique was used and the study participants was selected systematically after proportional allocation to size was done. The data were collected in both qualitative and quantitate approach so focused group discussion, key informant interview and face-to-face interview was used to collect data respectively. Results The response rate of the study was 91.3% of them completed the interview. From this as the total response rate indicated that 65.8% females and 34.2% male responded. The result indicated that among participant females 79.27% circumcised. From the participant, 70.1% of respondents not support community participating in control of female genital mutilation. The result of this study indicates that majority, 92.2% of the respondents believe (M = 4.48, SD = 0.639) that community participation can help the actors to left female genital mutilation practice in the community. The influence of community participation in making decision to left circumcision of once daughter in the future. The result revealed that 45.0% and 44.4% of respondents perceive (M = 4.34, SD = 0.661) community participation influence the future actions of an individual can be high and very high respectively. The challenges identified in the current study were changing tradition of female circumcision from public to secrecy, lack of decision making among local people, lack of open discussion among rural community, submissive participation by women in FGM controlling process, intervention of local administration and preference of donors’ problems. Conclusion and recommendations: The practice of FGM in the study are high since the goal of sustainable development goal is zero. Lowe attitude and perception towards female genital mutilation is study area. Majority of FGM practice was done health professionals in secret way. This implies that more intervention is needed for the reduction of its practice. The government should work with the community and should consider culturally appropriate and socially acceptable policies and strategy to reduce the practice.

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Prevalence of female genital mutilation among school girls in ElMansoura Center, El-Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation / Cutting : Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt

Exposure of Early Adolescent Girls to Genital Mutilation / Cutting : Secondary Analysis of Survey of Young People in Egypt

Mental Health Disorders in Circumcised Reproductive-age Women, Legal Dimensions and Prevention Strategies: A Narrative Review

Community Participation and Challenges in controlling Female Genital Mutilation in A Rural Community of Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Study

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