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The impact of community led alternative rite of passage on eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting in Kajiado County, Kenya: A quasi-experimental study.

Samuel Opondo MuhulaAnthony MveyangeSamuel Oji OtiMartha BandeHellen KayiaaCharles LeshoreDavid KawaiYvonne OpangaEnock MaritaSarah KaranjaEefje SmetHilke Conradi
Published in: PloS one (2021)
This study demonstrated that CLARP has been positively received by the Maasai community and has played a significant role in attenuating FGM/C, CEFM and TP in Kajiado, while contributing to increasing girls' schooling years. CLARP is replicable as it is currently being implemented in Tanzania. We recommend scaling it up for adoption by stakeholders implementing in other counties that practice FGM/C as a rite of passage in Kenya and across other sub Saharan Africa countries.
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