Female Genital Cutting in Ethiopia

Female Genital Cutting is one of the harmful traditions widely Practiced in Ethiopia. In the study area the dominant reasons for cutting are to suppress women s sexual desire and to make girls marriageable. There are many other socio-economic factors including religion, culture, stigma and discrimination towards uncircumcised girls, and source of income for circumcisers who were mainly Traditional Birth Attendants.

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Awoke Misganaw is Public Health Researcher, Lecturer and Public Health PhD candidate in the School of Public Health , Addis Ababa Univerisy, Ethiopia. He has earned Masters degree in Public Health from Addis Ababa University in 2006 and Bachelor degree in Public health from Alemaya University, Ethiopia in 2000.