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FEMALE GENITAL CIRCUMCISION: SOCIAL INDICATORS THAT INFLUENCE ATTITUDES ON ABANDONMENT OF FGC IN NIGERIA
Title
FEMALE GENITAL CIRCUMCISION: SOCIAL INDICATORS THAT INFLUENCE ATTITUDES ON ABANDONMENT OF FGC IN NIGERIA.
Creator
Eisele, Joanna, Grauerholz, Elizabeth, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
More than "100 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than three million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone" (Population Reference Bureau 2009). The practice is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. Research has shown that reasons given for continuing the practice of FGC vary widely across...
Show moreMore than "100 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than three million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone" (Population Reference Bureau 2009). The practice is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. Research has shown that reasons given for continuing the practice of FGC vary widely across cultural and social contexts. Little research has been conducted towards understanding and predicting attitudes toward FGC, which in turn can help inform program policy in the hopes of better understanding the socio-cultural complexities inherent in the practice of FGC. This study suggests that with increased levels of education support for FGC decreases. Additionally, access to media was shown to have a significant impact on support for the practice. This study found that men and women experience and are influenced by media in different ways. Media based abandonment programs must acknowledge the gender gap in media access and direct their programs towards the most appropriate outlet for the target group. This studys most significant finding is that the strongest predictor of a womans attitude towards FGC is whether she herself has undergone the procedure. Women who have undergone FGC will likely support the continuation of the practice. Encouraging these women to forgo the practice and let their daughters experience their bodies differently from their mothers is the greatest challenge abandonment programs face.
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Date Issued
2011
Identifier
CFE0003659, ucf:48835
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003659
The effect of free primary education programs on marriage for Kenyan women.
Title
The effect of free primary education programs on marriage for Kenyan women.
Creator
Eisele, Joanna, Wright, James, Corzine, Harold, Rivera, Fernando, Carter, J. Scott, Pals, Heili, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This dissertation investigates the effect of education on the chances and age of marriage during the transition from adolescence into young adulthood among Kenyan women age 15-22. Women who receive more education are more likely to delay marriage. The literature suggests that occupation and age at sexual debut are also significantly associated with age of marriage. This study considers how these and other factors may possibly affect the life course of women in Kenya over a period of time and...
Show moreThis dissertation investigates the effect of education on the chances and age of marriage during the transition from adolescence into young adulthood among Kenyan women age 15-22. Women who receive more education are more likely to delay marriage. The literature suggests that occupation and age at sexual debut are also significantly associated with age of marriage. This study considers how these and other factors may possibly affect the life course of women in Kenya over a period of time and increases our understanding of marriage predictors. Data comes from the 2003 and 2008 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys. Binary logistic and OLS regression models are used to analyze and compare the data. The results imply that while education has a statistically significant and strong positive effect on a woman's marital status as well as age of marriage, the effect of education on age of marriage has not changed since the introduction of Kenya's free primary education program.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFE0005486, ucf:50349
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005486