The Hosken report : genital and sexual mutilation of females / Fran P. Hosken.

[Lexington, Mass.] : Women's International Network News, [1982]

iii, 327 pages ; 28 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

3rd rev. ed.

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Btu

Foreword -- A personal view -- I. Health facts and overview -- The World Health Organization seminar -- Historic background -- The status of women -- II. Case histories. East Africa and Middle East. Sudan -- Somalia -- Egypt -- Ethiopia -- Kenya -- West Africa. Introduction -- Nigeria -- Mali -- Upper Volta -- Senegal -- Ivory Coast -- Sierra Leone -- The Arab Peninsula -- Asia : Indonesia/Malaysia -- The western world -- III. The politics of genital mutilation : a conspiracy of silence -- Women and health : actions for change.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-327).