The political and legal struggle over female genital mutilation in Egypt: Five years since the ICPD

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 128-136

  Seif El Dawla, Aida ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0032790908     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(99)90124-6     Document Type: Note

References (7)

1. Wassef N, 1998. Da Min Zaman. Past and Present Debate on Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt. Friederich Ebert Stiftung.
2. Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey (1995): National Population Council. Macro International Inc. Calverton. Maryland USA.
3. Petchesky R, JuddK(eds), 1998. Negotiating Reproductive Rights. Chapter on Egypt pp. 69-107. Zed Books, London.
4. New Woman Research Center, 1994. Population policies versus reproductive rights. Egyptian NGO statement to the ICPD. September, Cairo.
5. Focus group discussion, Alexandria, 1998.
6. Marie Assaad, chairperson of the Egyptian FGM Task Force, persona! interview, 23 October 1997.
7. I would like to acknowledge the Financial support of the Ford Foundation here, because it has allowed the FGM Task Force to work without the kinds of conditionalities that are too often imposed for the sake of advancing donor agendas.