Policy regimes toward female genital mutilation: a comparative analysis of the strategies for eradication in France and the Netherlands

Female genital mutilation, or FGM, is a harmful traditional practice that was brought to Europe by immigrants from practising regions in Africa. Despite numerous approaches to the eradication of FGM, the tradition perpetuates within the immigrant communities in several European countries. Drawing on...

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Main Author: Costelloe, Sinéad
Other Authors: Verdun, Amy
Language:English
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Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2983