NEW ZEALAND RESOURCES
FGM Education Resources for Health Care Professionals
Female Genital Mutilation in New Zealand: Understanding and Responding handbook, 2004
A comprehensive 100 pg handbook for health and child protection professionals working with women affected by FGM
Code: FGM-Res-07
FGM Information for Health Professionals pamphlet, 2004
FGM health information for health professionals
Code: FGM-P-04
FGM Clinical Care Antenatal, Labour & Birth and Postnatal Guidelines, 2009
Guidelines for antenatal, labour and birth and postnatal care
Code: FGM-Res-16 Download PDF
FGM Deinfibulation Guidelines, 2009
Guidelines for deinfibulation
Code: FGM-Res-17 Download PDF
FGM Teaching Module, 2009
FGM background information for nursing, midwifery and medical students (28pg)
Code: FGM-Res-18 Download PDF
Issues for Clinical Practice video, (available on loan only)
Video exploring the complications and clinical management of FGM
Code: FGM-Vid-02
FGM Education Resources for Community Education
FGM and New Zealand pamphlet, 2004
FGM health and legal information
Languages: English and Somali
Code: FGM-P-01
FGM and Islam pamphlet, 2004
An outline of Islamic beliefs as they relate to the practice of FGM
Languages: English and Somali
Code: FGM-P- 03
FGM Anatomical Model (available on loan only)
Anatomical model illustrating the three types of FGM
FGM-Res-06
FGM Poster Kit (available on loan only)
A series of posters illustrating the three types of FGM
FGM-Res-07
Islamic Ruling on Male and Female Circumcision leaflet, 2004
Islamic religion as it relates to FGM
Language: English
Code: FGM-Res-14
Lets Talk video, 1998 (available on loan only)
Video discussions about FGM
Language: Somali
Code: FGM-Vid-01
FGM Discussion video, 2004 (available on loan only)
Discussions about FGM amongst Somali experts
Language: Somali
Code: FGM-Vid-03
Ma Gudni DVD, 2006 (available on loan only)
Discussions held surrounding FGM among the Somali community in The Netherlands.
Language: English and Somali
Code: FGM-Vid-04
My Sis Will Be Safe DVD, 2009 (available on loan only)
FGM Youth initiatives from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and The Netherlands
Language: English, Dutch, Amharic
Code: FGM-Vid-05
FGM Education Resources for Child Protection Professionals
FGM and New Zealand pamphlet, 2004
Basic FGM health and legal information
Code: FGM-P-01
FGM Child Protection Recommended Guiding Principles, 2009
Child protection recommended guiding principles for suspected and imminent FGM
Code: FGM-Res-19 Download PDF
Female Genital Mutilation in New Zealand: Understanding and Responding, 2004
A comprehensive 100 pg handbook for health and child protection professionals working with women affected by FGM
Code: FGM-Res-07
RECOMMENDED READING
Abdalla, R. Sisters in Affliction: Circumcision and Infibulation of Women in Africa, Zed Press, London, 1982.
Adamson, F. Female Genital Mutilation: A Counselling Guide for Professionals, FORWARD, London, 1992.
DANIDA Guidelines on the prevention of Female Genital Mutilation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, 1996.
Dorkenoo, E. CuttingThe Rose. Female Genital Mutilation: The Practice and Its Prevention, Minority Rights Group, London, 1994.
Dorkenoo, E. and Elworthy, S. Female Genital Mutilation: Proposals for Change, Minority Rights Group, London, 1992.
El Dareer, A. Woman why do you weep? Circumcision and its Consequences, Zed Press, London, 1982.
El Saadawi, N. The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, Zed Press, London, 1980.
Garvey-Graham A.M. Midwives’ Experiences of Caring for Women During Childbirth Who Have Undergone Female Genital Mutilation: An Interpretative Study, Victoria University, 2008.
Hedley, R. and Dorkenoo, E. Child Protection and Female Genital Mutilation, FORWARD, London, 1992.
Hosken, F.P. Stop Female Genital Mutilation. Women Speak Facts and Action, Women’s International Network News, Massachusetts, 1995.
Hosken, F.P. The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females, 4th edition, Women’s International Network News, Massachusetts, 1995.
Light-foot Klein, H. Prisoners of Ritual. An Odyssey into Female Genital Mutilation in Africa, The Haworth Press, New York, 1989.
Lockhat, H. Female Genital Mutilation. Treating the Tears. Middlesex University Press, 2004.
McCaffrey, M. and Gordon, H. Management of Female Genital Mutilation: The Northwick Park Hospital Experience, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol.102, October 1995.
McCaffrey, M. Female Genital Mutilation: consequences for reproduction and sexual health, Sexual and Mental Therapy, Vol.10, No.2, 1995.
Momoh, C. Female Genital Mutilation. Radcliffe Publishing UK. 2005.
Rymer, J., Momoh, C. Managing the Reality of FGM in the UK. Female Genital Mutilation. Radcliffe Publishing UK, 2005.
Thiam, A. Black Sisters, Speak Out. Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa, Pluto Press, London, 1986.
Toubia, N. Female Genital Mutilation a Call for Global Action, Rainbow, New York, 1985.
W.H.O., Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children: Background Papers to the W.H.O. Seminar, WHO Technical Publication, No.2, Vol.20, 1982.
W.H.O., Female Genital Mutilation Kit, W.H.O., Geneva, 1997.
WHO: Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation. An Interagency Statement, OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNPD, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO, Geneva, 2008.