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Promoting FGM Abandonment in Egypt: Introduction of Positive Deviance
Date Published: 1 January 2003 Document Type: Project Report Issue: Gender-based Violence, Women’s Rights Languages: English Country: Egypt Purchase Method: Download |
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CEDPA has been working to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Egypt since 1998, primarily through the positive deviance approach. In this context, “positive deviants” refer to those individuals who have decided that the practice of FGM is wrong and harmful, despite the fact that the majority of people around them perform the ritual on their girls.