New Zealand Should Intensify Efforts to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030: The Views of Women from Communities That Practice FGM/C
| aut.relation.issue | 1 | en_NZ |
| aut.relation.journal | Pacific Health | en_NZ |
| aut.relation.volume | 1 | en_NZ |
| aut.researcher | Conn, Catherine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Said, A | en_NZ |
| dc.contributor.author | Conn, C | en_NZ |
| dc.contributor.author | Nayar, S | en_NZ |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-22T22:46:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-22T22:46:47Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In 2016 UNICEF reported on the continuing scale and persistence of female genital mutilation globally, currently known as female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and the need to intensify efforts to eliminate the practice. New Zealand has made provision for communities in preventing FGM/C through legal and educational means. Yet, the challenge continues. The purpose of this paper, drawing on the voices of women from FGM/C practicing communities in New Zealand, is to consider areas where the health system can partner with affected communities to better help in preventing FGM/C. New Zealand needs to intensify efforts locally working hand-in-hand with refugee and migrant communities to promote open dialogue, counter stigma, and prevent the next generation for a life without FGM(C). In addition, training for key workers in culturally sensitive approaches is needed so that they can take better care of those who are living with FGM/C. New Zealand is a signatory to a number of international instruments and conventions that call for an end to FGM/C: such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and more recently the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As such, it has a responsibility to at least address the issue locally; and preferably provide an example of excellence globally so that FGM/C is eliminated rapidly. | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pacific Health, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.24135/pacifichealth.v1i1.10 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.24135/pacifichealth.v1i1.10 | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2537-8864 | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/12761 | |
| dc.publisher | School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, AUT University | en_NZ |
| dc.relation.uri | https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-health/index.php/pacifichealth/article/view/10 | |
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| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Female circumcision; Infibulation; FGM; Refugees; FGM/C; Young women; New Zealand refugees | |
| dc.title | New Zealand Should Intensify Efforts to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030: The Views of Women from Communities That Practice FGM/C | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| pubs.elements-id | 362996 | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/Health & Environmental Science | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/Health & Environmental Science/Public Health & Psych Studies | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF/PBRF Health and Environmental Sciences | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF/PBRF Health and Environmental Sciences/HY Public Health & Psychosocial Studies 2018 PBRF |