Determinants of disagreement with female genital mutilation/cutting of future daughters and awareness of the ban among Egyptian university students.

Aya MostafaShaimaa Ashmawy GaballahGhada Essamaldin Amin

Published in: Reproductive health (2020)

Knowledge about FGM/C and its ban is low, even in this educated population. FGM/C is still misperceived as a religious percept. Maximizing the utilization of health education and curricula might help increase anti-FGM/C attitudes among university students with neutral perceptions and initiate the much-needed momentum for elimination.

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