WMA slams Egyptian court for" female-circumcision" decision

Canadian Medical Association - CMAJ, 1997 - Can Med Assoc
The World Medical Association (WMA) recently condemned Egypt's Court of Administrative
Law for overturning a ban on female circumcision. Egypt, which has one of the highest rates …

WMA slams Egyptian court for “female-circumcision” decision

I Olivotto - CAN MED ASSOC J, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The World Medical Association (WMA) recently condemned Egypt's Court of Administrative
Law for overturning a ban on female circumcision. Egypt, which has one of the highest rates …

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Canadian Medical Association - CMAJ, 1997 - Can Med Assoc
The World Medical Association (WMA) recently condemned Egypt's Court of Administrative
Law for overturning a ban on female circumcision. Egypt, which has one of the highest rates …

Court ruling means that Egypt embraces female circumcision again

C pointed out that Irish - thelancet.com
Last week, the Court of Administrative Law in Egypt overturned the decision of the country's
Minister of Health, Ismail Salaam, that female circumcision should be banned. This ruling …

[PDF][PDF] Towards redirecting the female circumcision debate: Legal, ethical and cultural considerations

A Wasunna - McGill Journal of Medicine, 1999 - mjm.mcgill.ca
The World Health Organization reports that between 100 and 137 million women, mostly in
Africa, have undergone some form of female circumcision (1, 2)(also referred to as female …

Court ruling means that Egypt embraces female circumcision again

P Kandela - The lancet, 1997 - thelancet.com
Last week, the Court of Administrative Law in Egypt overturned the decision of the country's
Minister of Health, Ismail Salaam, that female circumcision should be banned. This ruling …

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H Kent - CMAJ, 1997 - Can Med Assoc
The World Medical Association (WMA) recently condemned Egypt's Court of Administrative
Law for overturning a ban on female circumcision. Egypt, which has one of the highest rates …

Female circumcision: challenges to the practice as a human rights violation

K Boulware-Miller - Harv. Women's LJ, 1985 - HeinOnline
Female circumcision, an operation which removes part or all of a woman's genitalia, is
difficult to challenge as a human rights violation. Although Western women often view …

[PDF][PDF] Circumcision and female genital mutilation: a human rights and anthropo-Iegal evaluation

A Labuschagne, JMT & De Villiers - SA Publiekreg= SA Public Law, 1998 - journals.co.za
Circumcision of women, more aptly described as female genital mutilation (FMG), is a
phenomenon which is to a large extent still shrouded in secrecy. The number of FMG victims …

Female circumcision: the road to change

A Cardenas - Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com., 1998 - HeinOnline
Female circumcision is rapidly becoming an issue to be addressed in several nations
around the world, not just the countries where the practice originated. Female circumcision …