FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE M ID WIVES/NURSES

Öz

AB Female génital mutilation defines ail procedures that involve partial or total removal ofthe external female genitalia, or other injury to the female génital organs like piercing, cauterization, pricking for non-medical reasons. Although génital mutilation is a social and cultural practice thataffects a large number o f women negatively worldwide, it is not adequately known by many health care professionals in Turkey. This practise is an issue that needs to be known for that reason the majority o f Muslims people live in our country in which contain with a wide variety o f cultural characteristics o f social groups. Also, this issue requires to be addressed in our country that have similar religious and cultural characteristics which are border on country in female genital mutilation is to be practised and in recent years many asylum seeker women live in due to the wars in neighbouring countries. In this regards all health care professionals in our country, especially nurses and midwives can contribute to protecting women's health and development taking account o f the fact that early and late medical complications and socio-cultural dimensions. In this study prepared in the form o f the review which aimed to share the information related to female genital mutilasyon in literature

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Female genital mutilation,women’s health,midwife/nurse,midwifery/nursing care

KADIN GENİTAL MUTİLASYONU VE EBE/HEMŞİRENİN SORUMLULUKLARI

Öz

Kadın génital mutilasyonu, kadının dış génital organlarının tıbbi nedenler dışında kısmen ya da tamamen çıkarılması ya da kadın génital organlarına çizilme, delinme, yakma gibi biçimlerde zarar verilmesi olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Génital mutilasyon dünyada çok sayıda kadını olumsuz etkileyen toplumsal ve kültürel bir uygulama olmasına rağmen, Türkiye'deki sağlık personelleri tarafından yeterince bilinmemektedir. Bu uygulama, ülkemizde yaşayan insanların çoğunluğunun Müslüman olması, ülkemizin çok çeşitli kültürel özelliklere sahip toplumsal grupları barındırması gerekçeleri ile bilinmesi gereken bir konudur. Ayrıca benzer dini ve kültürel özelliklere sahip olan sınır komşusu ülkelerde kadın génital mutilasyonunun uygulanıyor olması ve son yıllarda bu ülkelerdeki savaşlar nedeniyle çok sayıda sığınmacı kadının ülkemizde yaşaması da bu konunun ele alınmasını gerektirmektedir. Bu bağlamda başta ebe ve hemşire olmak üzere ülkemizdeki tüm sağlık personelleri kadın génital mutilasyonunun erken ve geç dönem tıbbi komplikasyonları ve sosyo-kültürel boyutunu dikkate alarak kadın sağlının korunması ve geliştirilmesine katkı sağlayabilirler. Derleme niteliğinde hazırlanan bu çalışmada literatürde yer alan kadın génital mutilasyonu ile ilgili bilgilerin paylaşılması hedeflenmiştir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kadın génital mutilasyonu,kadın sağlığı,ebe/hemşire,ebelik/hemşirelik bakımı

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