Is female circumcision evolving or dissolving in Norway? A qualitative study on attitudes toward the practice among young Somalis in the Oslo area
Is female circumcision evolving or dissolving in Norway? A qualitative study on attitudes toward the practice among young Somalis in the Oslo area
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DOI：
10.2147/ijwh.s93217
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Kumar, Bernadette
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作者：
Gele, Abdi A.;Sagbakken, Mette;Kumar, Bernadette
切割女性生殖器官或女性割礼（FC）在全球卫生和发展议程上越来越明显——既是一个社会正义和妇女平等问题，也是一个研究优先事项。挪威是接纳大量来自fc实践国家的移民的全球国家之一，其中大多数来自索马里。为了帮助抵制这种做法，挪威采取了多方面的政策方针，对FC采取了世界上最严厉的措施之一。然而，挪威的做法对挪威传统的fc实践社区对实践的态度的影响知之甚少。在此背景下，本定性研究探讨了生活在挪威奥斯陆和阿克舒斯地区的16至22岁索马里年轻人对FC的态度。调查结果表明，奥斯陆地区的索马里青年在很大程度上改变了他们对这种做法的态度。参与者对挪威将性暴力定为犯罪的支持和同情表明了这一点，他们认为这是拯救年轻女孩免受性暴力有害后果的重要一步。大多数未割包皮的女孩认为她们未割包皮的状态是正常的，而她们认为割包皮的女孩是暴力和不公正的幸存者。此外，男性参与者更喜欢结婚而不是未割包皮的女孩，这是一个强有力的改变条件，因为如果未割包皮的女孩被视为可结婚的，那么父母就不太可能想要为她们做包皮环切手术。由于新移民继续对这种做法持积极态度，移民在获得居留许可后不久就应该参加介绍性课程，其中应纳入FC知识。本研究增加了对西方国家移民中语言放弃过程的认识。
Female genital mutilation or female circumcision (FC) is increasingly visible on the global health and development agenda - both as a matter of social justice and equality for women and as a research priority. Norway is one of the global nations hosting a large number of immigrants from FC-practicing countries, the majority from Somalia. To help counteract this practice, Norway has adopted a multifaceted policy approach that employs one of the toughest measures against FC in the world. However, little is known about the impact of Norway's approach on the attitudes toward the practice among traditional FC-practicing communities in Norway. Against this background, this qualitative study explores the attitudes toward FC among young Somalis between the ages of 16 to 22 living in the Oslo and Akershus regions of Norway. Findings indicate that young Somalis in the Oslo area have, to a large extent, changed their attitude toward the practice. This was shown by the participants' support and sympathy toward criminalization of FC in Norway, which they believed was an important step toward saving young girls from the harmful consequences of FC. Most of the uncircumcised girls see their uncircumcised status as being normal, whereas they see circumcised girls as survivors of violence and injustice. Moreover, the fact that male participants prefer a marriage to uncircumcised girls is a strong condition for change, since if uncut girls are seen as marriageable then parents are unlikely to want to circumcise them. As newly arrived immigrants continue to have positive attitudes toward the practice, knowledge of FC should be integrated into introduction program classes that immigrants attend shortly after their residence permit is granted. This study adds to the knowledge of the process of the abandonment of FC among immigrants in Western countries.