Female Genital Mutilation: Politics and Prevention

Efua Dorkenoo

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December, 2013
Cloth, 272 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14346-2
$29.50

"Efua Dorkenoo's work and words will inform and inspire us. This is a brave book. She is an international treasure." — Gloria Steinem

"An interesting and informative book. It presents a range of preventative measures and professional roles involved in the initiatives to combat these 'barbaric practices against children and women." — Journal of Gender Studies

Related Subjects

• Health
• Women's Studies

About the Author

Efua Dorkenoo is the author of Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation: The Practice and Its Prevention, widely considered one of the definitive sources of information on the practice. She has been awarded the Order of the British Empire for her work on women's health, and she received an international human rights award from Equality Now. She is currently a member of the World Health Organization Study Group on FGM and serves as an advisor and a consultant on the issue to several networks, groups, and agencies. She lives in London.

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