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World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Gender and Women's Health, No. 01.4: Integrating the Prevention and the Management of the Health Complications into the Curricula of Nursing and Midwifery ; Student’s Manual

By Tomris Turmen, Dr.

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Title: World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Gender and Women's Health, No. 01.4: Integrating the Prevention and the Management of the Health Complications into the Curricula of Nursing and Midwifery ; Student’s Manual  
Author: Tomris Turmen, Dr.
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Language: English
Subject: Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections: Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher: World Health Organization

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Dr, T. T. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Gender and Women's Health, No. 01.4. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/


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An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women in the world today have undergone some form of female genital mutilation, and 2 million girls are at risk from the practice each year. The great majority of affected women live in sub-Saharan Africa, but the practice is also known in parts of the Middle East and Asia. Today, women with FGM are increasingly found in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America, largely as a result of migration from countries where FGM is a cultural tradition. FGM covers a range of procedures, but in the great majority of cases it involves the excision of the clitoris and the labia minora. At its most extreme, the procedure entails the excision of almost all the external genitalia and the stitching up of the vulva to leave only a tiny opening.Whatever form it takes, FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women; and it is a grave threat to their health.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Who is the manual for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 How is the manual organized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Learning activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 MODULE 1: FOUNDATION MODULE: INTRODUCTION TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION General Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Essential competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Reference materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Session 1: Analyzing and influencing traditions . . . . 11 Session 2: Description, background and WHO classification of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Session 3: Complications of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Session 4: Professional ethics and legal implications of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Session 5: Human rights and of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 MODULE 2: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION General objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Essential competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Reference materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Session 1: Beliefs, values and attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Session 2: Traditional beliefs, values and attitudes towards FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Session 3: Strategies for involving individuals, families and communities in the prevention of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Session 4: Strategies for involving political and government leaders in the prevention of FGM . . . 51 MODULE 3: MANAGEMENT OF GIRLS AND WOMEN WITH FGM COMPLICATIONS General objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Essential competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Reference materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

 
 



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