Circumcision', culture, and health-care provision in Tower Hamlets, London

Author(s)
Cameron, Joan
Rawlings Anderson, Karen
Editor(s)
Sweetman, Caroline
Publication date
1998-11-01
Subject
Gender
Health
Keywords
Gender-based violence
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
United Kingdom
Somalia

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Gender & Development
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/131370
DOI
10.1080/741922826
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
Tower Hamlets has a sizeable Somali community, who maintain close links to their culture and country of origin. About 80 per cent of Somali women are estimated to have undergone 'female circumcision'. The authors carried out research to assess whether British health services meet Somali women's health-care needs. Interestingly, they found that reasons given to justify female circumcision mirror those used in the UK to justify episiotomy in childbirth. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.
Pages
7
ISSN
1355-2074
EISSN
1364-9221
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