Female Genital Modifications in Malawi

Gallo, Pia Grassivaro; Moro, Debora; Manganoni, Miriam

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9167-4_7

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“…Participants in qualitative research in Mozambique 29 , Rwanda 30 , South Africa 26 , or Uganda 31 noted that men may feel discouraged to use a female condom as it impedes foreplay with their partner's elongated labia. A research group from the University of Padova in Italy, The Padova Working Group in Female Genital Mutilation, described LME as a 'form of masturbation socially accepted… a pretext for encouraging sexual promiscuity' 32 , and then considered that LME had an influential role on women's higher vulnerability to HIV 25 .…”

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Determinants of Elongation of the Labia Minora in Tete Province, Central Mozambique: Findings of a Household Survey

Pérez

Bagnol

Chersich

et al. 2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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A WHO-supported provincial-level population-based survey was conducted in 2007 to understand the determinants and implications for health of vaginal practices. A total of 919 women aged 18-60 were selected randomly for enrolment. This is the first population-based study of females in Tete Province, Mozambique. At some time over their lives, 98.8% of women had practiced elongation of their labia minora and a quarter (24.0%) had done so in the past month. Currently practicing women were more likely to have engaged in sex recently, and used contraceptives and condoms at last sex than women who had stopped labial elongation. Younger age, residence in rural areas and having two or more male partners were also determinants of current practice. Women commonly reported they practiced for no specific reason (62.8%). Discomforting itchiness and lower abdominal pain were more frequent in women who had stopped labial elongation than in women who were currently practicing. Although women may not report current vaginal ill health, it is possible that prospective cohort studies could uncover alterations in genital vaginal flora or other indicators of impact on women's health. The findings of this study do not suggest that labial elongation is linked with high-risk behaviors for HIV transmission.

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Determinants of Elongation of the Labia Minora in Tete Province, Central Mozambique: Findings of a Household Survey

Pérez

Bagnol

Chersich

et al. 2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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“…They were recruited in five schools of Wakiso District in the surroundings of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and were asked to draw their experiences with LME (Grassivaro Grassivaro Gallo, Villa, and Pagani 2006). Two years later, the PWG repeated the same study in Mangochi District, Malawi (Grassivaro Gallo, Moro, and Manganoni 2009). The PWG researchers had already employed the same approach 20 years earlier in Somalia during a study on the excisional types of FGM (Grassivaro Gallo and Moro Boscolo 1984).…”

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“…Girls associate LME with solitude, ostracism and fear. It can thus be considered, as it has been demonstrated in previous studies, that by involving male participants and using graphical representations as a research tool, new perspectives and information regarding how young people experience, understand and perceive LME can be acquired (Grassivaro Gallo, Moro, and Manganoni 2009;Grassivaro Gallo, Villa, and Pagani 2006;Martínez Pérez and Namulondo 2011;Moore, Madise, and Awusabo-Asare 2012).…”

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Labia minora elongation as understood by Baganda male and female adolescents in Uganda

Pérez

Namulondo²,

Aznar

2013

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Labia minora elongation is a common traditional female genital modification practice among the members of the Baganda ethnic group in Uganda. In 2002, a study carried out by the Padua Working Group on Female Genital Mutilation analysed how Baganda girls residing in Wakiso District graphically represented their experiences of labia minora elongation. In the present study, using the same methodology and in the same geographic setting 10 years later, we asked young men and women to prepare graphical representations of this rite. The purpose was to learn about how the practice is perceived and represented, describing the differences found in their testimonies, and comparing the findings with the former study. A total of 36 respondents (21 male and 15 female), aged between 9 and 15 years old participated in the study. The drawings were analysed using a three-themes analysis frame with a focus on setting, subject and operator. Differences were detected between how young women and men represented this practice. Educational interventions may be helpful to address the doubts, concerns, anxieties and misconceptions that Baganda youth may have concerning traditional genital practices.

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“…Qualitative research has been conducted in Democratic Republic of Congo (Grassivaro Gallo, Mbuyi & Bertoletti, 2010), Lesotho (Khau, 2012), Malawi (Grassivaro Gallo, Moro & Manganoni, 2009;Pétursdóttir, 2010), Mozambique (Bagnol & Mariano, 2008, Rwanda (Koster & Price, 2008;Fusaschi, 2010Fusaschi, , 2012, and Uganda (Grassivaro Gallo & Villa, 2006;Martínez Pérez & Namulondo, 2011). The risks and benefits for the health of women who practice LME are, however, still under-explored.…”

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