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Female Genital Mutilation

by Comfort Momoh (editor) - £24.99  Radcliffe Publishing (2005)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781857756937 | ISBN 10: 1857756932

This unique book will assist those who care for women and girls who have had, or are at risk of having female genital mutilation. It focuses on caring for both physical and mental needs of the vulnerable or suffering and maintains an understanding, holistic and objective approach to the current situation. It contains colour plates, illustrations, photos and graphs.
 
Female Genital Mutilation is a valuable reference for healthcare professionals and others involved in social services, teaching, child protection and police services. Caseworkers involved with asylum seekers and refugees, children’s charities, and policy makers and shapers will also find it useful, as will researchers and academics.
 

"Female genital mutilation is a barbaric attack on women’s sexuality and autonomy. We must all – politicians, clinicians, community and religious leaders – join together to ensure that FGM is eradicated both in the UK and abroad. Female genital mutilation is a fundamental human rights issue with adverse health and social implications. Female genital mutilation violates the rights of girls and women to bodily integrity and results in perpetuating gender inequality. It is vital that female genital mutilation laws are fully implemented and that governments, agencies, professionals and communities work together for the elimination of this practice."
(Christine McCafferty, in the Foreword)
"Although the practice of FGM is illegal in the UK, women who have experienced this are a part of contemporary British society, and may therefore require the care of a midwife at some point in their lives. I am delighted to recommend this book to you and hope that it will equip you with the tools to continue to care for women with compassion and with confidence."
(Dame Karlene Davis, in her Foreword)

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