Female Genital Mutilation practices in Kenya: - Feed the Minds
Female Genital Mutilation practices in Kenya: - Feed the Minds
Female Genital Mutilation practices in Kenya: - Feed the Minds
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this research was carried out by Population Council, <strong>Kenya</strong>, <strong>in</strong> partnership with <strong>Feed</strong> <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ds,<br />
UK, Education Centre for <strong>the</strong> Advancement of Women (ECAW), <strong>Kenya</strong> and Reach Women and<br />
Youths Development Organisation (RWAYDO), <strong>Kenya</strong>.<br />
We would like to express our s<strong>in</strong>cere thanks to <strong>the</strong> staff and volunteers of ECAW <strong>in</strong> Kuria and RWAYDO <strong>in</strong><br />
Kisii for mobilis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> communities, <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g us to local agencies <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> anti-FGM programmes<br />
and for organis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> programme of focus group discussion and <strong>in</strong>terviews.<br />
We are particularly <strong>in</strong>debted to all of those who took part <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>formal discussions <strong>in</strong> Kuria and Kisii<br />
as well as those who participated <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> focus group discussions and <strong>in</strong>-depth <strong>in</strong>terviews, on which <strong>the</strong><br />
f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of this research are based. We also really valued <strong>the</strong> opportunity to discuss <strong>the</strong> YWCA alternative<br />
rites of passage programme <strong>in</strong> Kisi with staff and beneficiaries.<br />
We are grateful to staff at Population Council <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g W<strong>in</strong>nie Osulah, who guided <strong>the</strong> research proposal<br />
through <strong>the</strong> official channels and Ian Askew who provided technical advice. <strong>Feed</strong> <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ds would also like<br />
to extend special thanks to Helen Dempsey for her support on <strong>the</strong> literature review which <strong>in</strong>formed <strong>the</strong><br />
field work <strong>in</strong> Kuria and Kisii.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ally, this research could not have taken place without <strong>the</strong> partnership support of Comic Relief, UK.<br />
We are grateful for <strong>the</strong> opportunity to extend our own knowledge of <strong>the</strong> context of FGM <strong>in</strong> Kuria and Kisii<br />
through <strong>the</strong> direct experience of carry<strong>in</strong>g out this research.<br />
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Acknowledgements<br />
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