Female Genitalia Health Assessment Lecture Objectives: * Describe the structure and function of the female genitalia * Describe particular developmental and transcultural considerations. * Collective subjective and objective data. * Record the findings. * Identify the appropriate nursing diagnoses for problem areas identified. Female Genitalia Structure & Function * Consists of external and internal structures External: * vulva or pudendum (extends from
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FEMALE CIRCUMCISION AND KENYAN LAW: A CASE STUDY Michael A. Stanfield Bioethics Program Iowa State University TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Introductory Materials Activity Activity Schedule Interest Groups Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) Resource 1: Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya Resource 2: Alternative Rite to Female Circumcision Resource 3: Girls Flee Circumcision in Kenya Kenyan Government Representatives Resource 1: Female Genital Mutilation Cases Rise Resource 2: Minister
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that of female body modification‚ or very commonly known as female circumcision. To those brought up being taught that women should always be seen as objects that should not be harmed‚ female genital mutilation seems a practice too vile to even consider. Many have argued that “FGM has disastrous health effects‚ combined with the social injustices it perpetuates constitute a barrier to the overall African development” (Shweder) and that it was “devised [as a] brutal means… to curb female sexual desire
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1 Female Circumcision: A Sociological Perspective Aaron Robins Joe Pellegrino Prof. Romain Sociology 101 November 29‚ 2005 Female Circumcision: A Sociological Perspective Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or a less ethnocentric term Female Circumcision is a form of violence that is approved by the societies in which it is practiced. About 183 million women have undergone such mutilation. The geographic areas of practice include North-East Africa and parts
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Female genital mutilation is a horrendous injustice that occurs everyday in this world. Female genital mutilation is wrong for several reasons. It is wrong because women can experience physical health consequences‚ psychological health consequences and it is a form of gender discrimination. In societies that practice female genital mutilation women will never be considered equal they will always be considered below men. According to the World Health Organization‚ Female genital mutilation constitutes
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Female Circumcision medically referred as a clitoridectomy. It is a surgical procedure to alter or remove female genitalia. In other countries such as the UK (United Kingdom)‚ this procedure is known as “Female Genital Mutilation” and is currently illegal in the United States. In the UK there are an estimated 137‚000 women affected by this procedure. In eastern Africa female circumcision is known as the procedure called Infibulation. The clitoris and the inner and outer labia are to be removed
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draining properly can lead to infection as well. There is also the risk that the girls will later have trouble when it comes to intercourse or with having children. These risks are a major concerning factor is the western world’s movement to end female genital cutting. There is quite a lot of controversy surrounding this practice. Not only from those who actually live in places where it is practiced
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References: Arebi‚ Y. (2007). Nigeria: Female Circumcision: The Good‚ the Bad and the Ugly? The Human Angle‚ Vanguard Carole Agengo (2009) Harmful Traditional Practices in Europe: Judicial Interventions. Expert Paper Produced for the United Nations for the Expert group Meeting on good Practices
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Cited: Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project. Nigeria: First Ladies and Female Genital Mutilation. 12 November 2009. 14 November 2009 <http://www.fgmnetwork.org/index.php>. Oxford University Press. The Oxford Color Dictionary & Thesaurus. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1996
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circumcision‚ males have been known to undergo such process in stories of the Bible as a sign of leadership and sacrifice and many others have seen it as a sign of honor and loyalty. However‚ men are not the only ones that go through circumcision. Female genital mutilation has been a tradition for many years in places of Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe for centuries and has spread to various nearby areas and even into North‚ Central and South America. Even though to the communities of such practices it is seen
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