Harmful traditional practices (child marriage and female genital mutilation) prevention and response
Module 8
Harmful traditional practices (child marriage and female genital mutilation) prevention and response
Assignment
March 14, 2022 - Geneva
Assignment (20 marks in total)
Answer the following questions using the clues provided to review the selected aspects of the relevant documents.
Global presentation and readings
Question 1 (3 marks)
What are the long-term trends globally and regionally, in female genital mutilation and child marriage? What are the trends in your country? (Provide authoritative sources to back up your statements about your country).
Clue: Study page 58 of the WHO publication titled: WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Question 2 (3 marks)
What are the projected effects of COVID-19 on child marriage and on female genital mutilation? Can you point to one report on this subject from your country? If there is no report available for your country, please point to a report for the region.
Clue: Study page 3 of the document: Adapting to COVID-19: Pivoting the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage to respond to the pandemic (UNFPA and UNICEF, 2020) and page 1 of the document: COVID-19 disrupting SDG 5.3: eliminating female genital mutilation (UNFPA and UNICEF, 2020).
Regional reading
Question 3 (7 marks)
3.1 How is “medicalization of FGM” defined by the World Health Organization? (1 mark)
Clue: Study pages 1 and 2 of the paper titled: Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study (El-Gibaly et al., 2019).
3.2 In what ways can sexuality education contribute to the reduction of FGM practice? (1 mark)
Clue: Study page 11 of the paper titled: Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study (El-Gibaly et al., 2019).
3.3 From the options provided, identify two reasons that were presented by the physicians for performing FGM/C. (2 marks)
- Financial benefits
- Forced by the law
- Religious duty/Sunna
- Practice (improving skill)
- Ensuring client influx
- Cosmetic improvements
Clue: Study pages 4-8 ‘Results’ of the paper titled: Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study (El-Gibaly et al., 2019).
3.4 What are the underlying factors for the continued practice of FGM/C in your community/country that need to be addressed in FGM/C abandonment efforts? Provide relevant references. (3 marks)
Clue: For a better perspective, study page 10 of the paper: Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study (El-Gibaly et al., 2019).
Regional case study
Question 4 (7 marks)
4.1 Identify two drivers of child marriage among Syrian refugees residing in Egypt (2 marks)
Clue: Study pages 6-8 of the paper titled: Drivers and consequences of child marriage in a context of protracted displacement: a qualitative study among Syrian refugees in Egypt (Elnakib et al., 2021).
4.2 Identify three consequences of child marriage that have impacted the lives of Syrian refugee child brides (3 marks)
Clue: Study pages 9-11 of the paper titled: Drivers and consequences of child marriage in a context of protracted displacement: a qualitative study among Syrian refugees in Egypt (Elnakib et al., 2021).
4.3 What is photo-elicitation? And why is it a useful research method in this context? (2 marks)
Clue: Study page 5 of the paper titled: Drivers and consequences of child marriage in a context of protracted displacement: a qualitative study among Syrian refugees in Egypt (Elnakib et al., 2021).