Thursday, April 30 / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM   •   Sapphire 411 A

Session 59:
Female Genital Mutilation

Chair: Armelle Andro, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Discussant: Armelle Andro, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

  1. Mother, Daughter, Doctor: Medical Professionals and Mothers’ Decision-Making about FGM/C in EgyptMaia Sieverding, University of California, San Francisco ; Sepideh Modrek, Stanford University

  2. Women’s Business? Reassessing the Role of Men in the Perpetuation and Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/CuttingBettina Shell-Duncan, University of Washington ; Amadou Moreau, Global Research and Advocacy Group, Senegal ; Katherine Wander, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY) ; Ylva Hernlund, University of Washington

  3. Trend of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Senegal: What Can We Learn from Successive Household Surveys in Sub-Saharan African Countries?Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, University of Warwick ; Bettina Shell-Duncan, University of Washington

  4. Improving Estimates of the Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting among Migrants in Western CountriesLivia Elisa Ortensi, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca ; Patrizia Farina, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

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