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21. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
... years. I also served on the Mayo Clinic Program in Professionalism and Ethics Communication in Healthcare Faculty. I retired from Mayo in 2012. I was an adjunct professor in Women and Gender Studies at ...
Created on 17 November 2019
22. Discovering female genital cutting in my community
(News & Blog)
... ethics course in undergrad and my professor breezed over the topic of female genital cutting. My mind started to spin. This could not possibly be what my sister was talking about? I called her immediately ...
Created on 18 June 2019
23. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... genitals by trained health professionals as a lesser evil. This reasoning was echoed in the Journal of Medical Ethics by two U.S.-based doctors, Dr. Kavita Shah Arora, Director of Quality, Obstetrics, ...
Created on 05 March 2019
24. Violated hopes: My struggle to report on Female Genital Cutting in Pakistan
(News & Blog)
... code of ethics. Maybe I had not phrased the question to fit the language of social architecture. It was too late now, but I still tried to rephrase the question, spitting out tiny fragments of sentences; ...
Created on 23 December 2017
25. Medical organisations in five African nations issue statement against the medicalisation of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... the fact that it is a violation of the rights of women and girls. In keeping with the ethics of medical practice, the statement pledges support to all national programs working to eradicate FGM/C. It also ...
Created on 20 November 2017
26. Furore about Female Genital Cutting in Kerala: Impact of Sahiyo’s investigation
(News & Blog)
... against medical ethics”. The Kozhikode police is also investigating the matter. The city police commissioner has said that it is possible to file a criminal case against the perpetrators of FGC if its ...
Created on 01 September 2017
27. Why doctors need to speak out against female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... many claim they don’t feel easily aroused by clitoral stimulation.  What is a doctor’s responsibility, then, in the face of such a ritual? Two of the most basic pillars of medical ethics are to do no ...
Created on 11 July 2017
28. Detroit arrest: It is time for Bohras to get serious about ending Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... allegations in this particular case are yet to be proven, we believe it is a serious breach of medical ethics for any doctor to perform this non-medical procedure that is categorically recognised as a ...
Created on 14 April 2017
29. FAQs
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... released WHO Guidelines on the Management of Health Complications from Female Genital Mutilation. They recommended that no form of medicalized FGC be accepted because it violates medical ethics since (i) ...
Created on 11 January 2016
30. Ethics
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Ethics
Created on 08 February 2022
31. An FGC researcher's reflection on the first-ever Research Agenda and Ethical Guidance on Research for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilatio
(Article tagged with: Ethics)
By Hunter Kessous In my sophomore year of college, I decided to conduct research analyzing the knowledge, attitudes, and training of community health workers who work to end FGC. In the early stages ...
Created on 11 February 2022
32. Being a researcher: Finding balance
(Article tagged with: Ethics)
By Huda Syyed  The biggest challenge of being a researcher is to be impartial during the data collection process. However, for the researcher, conducting any area of research will come with some personal ...
Created on 02 March 2022
33. Reflecting on the launch of the first-ever Research Agenda and Ethical Guidance on Research for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation
(Article tagged with: Ethics)
By Ellen Ince   On January 27th, I attended the virtual launch of the first-ever Global Research Agenda on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the launch of Ethical Considerations ...
Created on 08 February 2022
34. Why are Indian ethics committees still hesitant to approve studies on FGM/C? 
(Article tagged with: Ethics)
... several committees in Mumbai for ethical clearance, including the ethics committee of our respective places of employment. However, no one responded. We eventually changed our jobs and approached these ...
Created on 23 September 2022
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