Phil Beary

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Country: Ireland
Background: Nursing

Research Project: Assessment of the Advocacy Campaign of the Egyptian Government and NGOs to Eradicate FGC Practice in Egypt from 1994 to 2010

Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the strategy and methodology used by the Egyptian government and NGOs in the period 1994 – 2010 to eradicate FGC through their advocacy campaigns.
Methods: The research approach and orientation depend on study and analysis of advocacy campaign documents and documentation pertaining to FGC in Egypt.  A survey was carried to assess the effect of the campaigns and to estimate any level of attitude or behaviour change in the community as a result of it.
Results: The study concludes that the sum total of the anti-Female Genital Cutting advocacy campaign operations by the Egyptian Government and NGOs, has not managed to abolish FGC or decrease it significantly. The findings of the Egyptian Demographic Health Surveys, verified by the study’s independently conducted statistical research, confirm this conclusion.

Key Words: Female Genital Cutting, Eradication, Advocacy Campaign, Assessment, Egyptian Government/NGOs.
Dissertation Word Count: 14,983