Essays about: "Circumcision"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the word Circumcision.

  1. 11. To Teach or Not to Teach? : An analysis of depiction of trauma in Waris Dirie’s and Cathleen Miller’s ”Desert Flower” and trauma narratives as sensitive issues in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Moa Jonsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Trauma; FGM; circumcision; literature; Desert Flower; autobiography; pedagogy; upper secondary school; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : This essay examines Dirie’s and Miller’s Desert Flower and its depiction of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the effect that this violation has had on the narrator. The analysis has been conducted through the critical lens of trauma studies with emphasis on how bearing witness of traumatic events can serve as healing and empowerment in the struggle to end FGM. READ MORE

  3. 12. Behind Closed Doors: From an Open Celebration to a Secret Practice : An Ethnographic Study of the Meaning and Function of Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision in Singida, Tanzania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Therese Lelli; [2018]
    Keywords : Women s rights; FGM; FGM C; GBV; Singida; Tanzania; Lawalawa; Change; Humanitarian Action; Cultural Anthopology;

    Abstract : This research examines the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision (FGM/C) as a social phenomenon in Singida Region, Tanzania. The aim is to contribute to a deepened cultural anthropological understanding of the function and meaning behind the practice in Singida, and how it reacts to external factors of change, such as human rights-based laws and projects aiming to eradicate FGM/C. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Impact of HIV Prevalence on Schooling Achievement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the SACMEQ Assessments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : SACMEQ; DHS; HIV Prevalence; Schooling Achievement; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of HIV prevalence on schooling achievement. By associating data of schooling test results, for seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with regional measures of HIV prevalence for 70 different regions, I find evidence that a general increase in HIV prevalence of about 1%, lowers general test score results of about 1% of a standard deviation from the mean. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Effects of Female Genital Mutilation in Cameroon : Case Study: Ejagham Community of Eyumojock sub-division

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Priscilia Bayen Bessem; [2016]
    Keywords : Female Genital Mutilation; Human Rights; Women; Girls; Violation; CEDAW; WHO; UNICEF; Effects; Harmful; Cameroon; Community;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation and circumcision (FGM/C) is an expression that describes social and traditional actions performed for the removal of the clitoris and inner lips; labia minora as well as part of the outer lips; labia majora. The research has addressed the effects of this action on women in Ejagham community of the Southwest region of Cameroon. READ MORE

  6. 15. Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal The role of Socio-Economic Risk Factors of Circumcision and Subsequent Effects of Circumcision upon Fertility and Marriage Markets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : James Austen; [2016]
    Keywords : Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Female Genital Mutilation is widespread in sub- Saharan Africa despite being illegal in many countries. It has been shown in previous research that female genital mutilation occurs due to long standing tradition which creates difficulty in the elimination of the practice. READ MORE