[Impact of female genital mutilation on the millennium goals]. / Impacto de la mutilación genital femenina en los objetivos del milenio.
Rev Gaucha Enferm
; 36 Spec No: 254-61, 2015.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27057727
OBJECTIVE: To relate the Female Genital Mutilation as a negative factor for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. METHOD: Data collection was through review literature review between in the years 2014 and 2015 in the databases Medline/PubMed, Web of Science, LILACS, SCIELO, Tesis Doctorales TESEO and in the webs of WOK, UNICEF, UNAF and WHO using the descriptors: female circumcision, millennium development goals, rights of women. Articles published between years 2010 y 2015, were included and finally 24 articles were selected. RESULTS: The Female Genital Mutilation is based on gender discrimination, and reinforces and encourages the circle of poverty. This practice causes physical complications that may affect the infant mortality and morbidity, complications in pregnancy and childbirth and there is a relationship between the practice and the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. CONCLUSION: The fight against Female Genital Mutilation contributes to the achievement of five of the eight Millennium Goals.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Circuncisão Feminina
Tipo de estudo:
Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Gaucha Enferm
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil