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OR Summary 60: Mobilize Health Care Providers to Advocate Against FGM/C

Author: FRONTIERS 
InfoShare Partner: Population Council/FRONTIERS
Publication Date: February 2007
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Female genital cutting, Reproductive health, general
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
Number of Pages: 2
File Size: 369 KB
File Format: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

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FGM/C has become increasingly medicalized in Kenya’s Abagusii community. However, providers express willingness to advocate against the practice. Interventions to mobilize providers must address not only their financial motivation for providing the service, but also their understanding of the human rights and health consequences of the practice.