"never my daughters": A qualitative study regarding attitude change toward female genital cutting among ethiopian and eritrean families in Sweden

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 114-133

  Johnsdotter, Sara ^a   Moussa, Kontie ^b   Carlbom, Aje ^a   Aregai, Rishan ^c   Essen, Birgitta ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 58149232223     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802523741     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Davis, G., Julius, E., & Hibbert, M. (1999). Female circumcision: The prevalence and nature of the ritual in Eritrea. Military! Medicine, 164, 1-16.
2. Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). (2001). Ethiopa: Demographic and health survey 2000. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Central Statistic Authority/Calverton, MD: ORC Macro.
3. Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). (2002). Eritrea: 2002 Demographic and health survey: Key findings. Asmara, Eritrea: National Statistics and Evaluation Area/Calverton, MD: ORC Macro.
4. Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA). (2002). A note on culturally condoned forms of violence against women in Ethiopia: FGM, early marriage and abduction. Addis Ababa: Author, Hundee and Kembatta Women's Self-Help Centre.
5. Grisaru, N., Lezer, S., & Belmaker, R. H. (1997). Ritual genital surgery7 among Ethiopian Jews. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 26, 211-215.
6. Integrationsverket [Swedish Integration Board], (1999). Delaktighet för integration: Att stimulera integrationsprocessen för somalisktalande i Sverige [Participation for integration: To stimulate the process of integration among Somalis in Sweden], Report 1999: 4. Norrköping: Author.
7. Johnsdotter, S. (2002). Created by God: How Somalis in Swedish exile reassess the practice of female circumcision. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Social Anthropology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
8. Johnsdotter, S. (2003). Somali women in Western exile: Reassessing female circumcision in the light of Islamic teachings. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 23, 361-373.
9. Johnsdotter, S. (2004). FGM in Sweden: Swedish legislation regarding "female genital mutilation" and implementation of the law. Research Report in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
10. Leye, E., & Deblonde, J. (2004). Legislation in Europe regarding female genital mutilation and the implementation of the law in Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Ghent: ICRH, Ghent University.
11. Leye, E., Powell, R. A., Nienhuis, G., Claeys, P., & Temmerman, M. (2006). Health care in Europe for women with genital mutilation. Health Care for Women International, 27, 362-378.
12. Lightfoot-Klein, H. (1989). Prisoners of ritual: An odyssey into female genital circumcision in Africa. New York: The Haworth Press.
13. McGown, R. B. (1999). Muslims in the diaspora: The Somali communities of London and Toronto. Doctoral dissertation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
14. McGown, R. B. (2003). Writing across difference: Standing on authentic ground. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 23, 163-171.
15. Missailidis, K., & Gebre-Medhin, M. (2000). Female genital mutilation in Eastern Ethiopia. The Lancet, 356, 137.
16. Momoh, C., Ladhani, S., Lochrie, D. P., & Rymer, J. (2001). Female genital mutilation: Analysis of the first twelve months of a southeast London specialist clinic. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 108, 186-191.
17. Morison, L., Dirir, S., Warsame, J., Dirir, A., & Elmi, S. (1998). Experiences, attitudes and views of young, single Somalis living in London, on female circumcision. A collaborative project between the London Black Women's Health Project and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
18. Morison, L., Dirir, A., Elmi, S., Warsame, J., & Dirir, S. (2004). How experiences and attitudes relating to female circumcision vary according to age on arrival in Britain: A study among young Somalis in London. Ethnicity and Health, 9, 75-100.
19. National Committee on Traditional Practices in Ethiopia (NCTPE). (1998). Baseline survey on harmful traditional practices in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Author.
20. Seyoum, E. (1998). Ethiopians in Sweden: A sociogeographical study. Uppsala: Uppsala University.
21. Socialdepartementet [The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs]. (1999). Konsstympning: Borttagande av kravet på dubbel straffbarhet [Genital multilation: Removal of the requirement of double incrimination]. Governmental bill 1998/99:70. Stockholm: Author.
22. Socialdepartementet [The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs]. (2003). Nationell handlingsplan mot kvinnlig könsstympning [National action plan to combat female genital mutilation]. Stockholm: Author.
23. Socialstyrelsen [The Swedish Board of Health and Welfare]. (2002). Kvinnlig könsstympning: Ett utbildningsmaterial för skola, socialtjänst och hälso- och sjukvård [Female genital mutilation: An educational kit for schools, the social and health care sectors]. Stockholm: Author.
24. Statistics Sweden. (2005). Statistiska Centralbryån [Statistics central]. Retrieved November 20, 2008 from http.www.scb.se
25. Tamaddon, L., Johnsdotter, S., Liljestrand, J., & Essen, B. (2006). Swedish health care providers' experiences and knowledge of female genital cutting. Health Care for Women International, 27, 1-14.
26. Vissandjée, B., Kantiébo, M., Levine, A., & N'Dejuru, R. (2003). The cultural context of gender identity: Female genital excision and infibulation. Health Care for Women International, 24, 115-124.
27. Wilson, A. (1991). The challenge road: Women and the Eritrean revolution. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd. 134-159