Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This study was undertaken as a collaboration between the Population Council’s Frontiers in Reproductive Health program and the Comité National de Lutte contre la Pratique de l’Excision (CNLPE) within the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity in Burkina Faso. The creation of a favorable environment for the campaign against excision in Burkina Faso has facilitated various anti-cutting activities over the past two decades and enabled the achievement of gains, both in terms of awareness and behavior change. However some of the strategies need further readjustment: among the reasons why excision still continues in Burkina Faso is a certain view of the world and a model for women within the community. The practice is now diluted within most communities, so sustaining it has become largely an individual and family responsibility. This is clearly an important achievement and major change that the CNLPE and its partners should build on and exploit further to accelerate abandonment of the practice over the coming decade.
Recommended Citation
Diop, Nafissatou J., Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini. 2008. "Analysis of the evolution of the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting in Burkina Faso," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh3.1001
Language
French
Project
A Research Agenda to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in a Generation; Frontiers in Reproductive Health
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Comments
Executive summary in English; full report in French.