World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Gender and Women's Health, No. 01.3: Integrating the Prevention and the Management of the Health Complications into the Curricula of Nursing and Midwifery ; Teacher’s Guide

By Tomris Turmen, Dr.

Book Id: WPLBN0000201438
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Gender and Women's Health, No. 01.3: Integrating the Prevention and the Management of the Health Complications into the Curricula of Nursing and Midwifery ; Teacher’s Guide
Author:	Tomris Turmen, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Dr, T. T. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 2001 ; World Health Organization, Family and Community Health, Gender and Women's Health, No. 01.3. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women in the world today have undergone some form of female genital mutilation, and 2 million girls are at risk from the practice each year. The great majority of affected women live in sub-Saharan Africa, but the practice is also known in parts of the Middle East and Asia. Today, women with FGM are increasingly found in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America, largely as a result of migration from countries where FGM is a cultural tradition. FGM covers a range of procedures, but in the great majority of cases it involves the excision of the clitoris and the labia minora. At its most extreme, the procedure entails the excision of almost all the external genitalia and the stitching up of the vulva to leave only a tiny opening.Whatever form it takes, FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women; and it is a grave threat to their health.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Who is the Teacher’s Guide for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 How is the Teacher’s Guide organized? . . . . . . . . . . . 6 How should the modules be used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Teaching/learning activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 SUMMARY OF SESSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION General objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Essential competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Session 1: Analysing and influencing traditions . . . . 23 Session 2: Description and background of FGM . . . 29 Session 3: Complications of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Session 4: Professional ethics and legal implications of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Session 5: Human rights and FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 MODULE 2: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION General objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Essential competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Session 1: Beliefs, values and attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Session 2: Traditional beliefs, values and attitudes towards FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Session 3: Strategies for involving individuals, families and communities in the prevention of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Session 4: Strategies for involving political and government leaders in the prevention of FGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 MODULE 3: MANAGEMENT OF GIRLS AND WOMEN WITH FGM COMPLICATIONS General objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Essential competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77