TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rahman,Anika
AU  - Toubia,Nahid
ED  - Center for Reproductive Law & Policy.
ED  - RAINBO (Organization)
TI  - Female genital mutilation: a guide to worldwide laws and policies 
SN  - 1856497739 :
AV  - K5304 .F46 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Female circumcision
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Criminal provisions
KW  - Women's rights
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The book opens with a description of female circumcision/female genital mutilation, its history and its consequences for health. The authors look at the reasons used to justify it -- control of women's sexuality, tradition, interpretation of religious dictates -- and present a history of the movement working to combat it
ER  -