Johansen R Elise B, Ahmed Salma A E
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway.
Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan.
Qual Health Res. 2021 Feb;31(3):458-471. doi: 10.1177/1049732320979183.
In this article, we explore migrant Somali and Sudanese women's reflections and decision-making regarding female genital cutting in a transnational context wherein women are compelled to maneuver between contradictory social norms. These include traditional norms, which consider the practice to be associated with socially acceptable sexuality and reproduction, and international norms, which consider the practice to be a violation of sexual and reproductive rights. Our analysis builds on data from in-depth interviews with 23 women of Somali and Sudanese origin residing in Norway. Informed by three central theories of change, we categorize women along a continuum of readiness to change ranging from rebellious women eagerly pursuing the abandonment of female genital cutting and adopting international norms regarding the practice, to women supporting the practice and its traditional meanings. Ambivalent contemplators were placed in the middle of the continuum. Women's positioning was further interlinked with social networks and perceived decision-making power.
在本文中,我们探讨了索马里和苏丹移民妇女在跨国背景下对女性生殖器切割的反思与决策,在这种背景下,女性被迫在相互矛盾的社会规范之间周旋。这些规范包括传统规范,其认为这种做法与社会可接受的性行为和生殖相关;以及国际规范,其认为这种做法侵犯了性权利和生殖权利。我们的分析基于对居住在挪威的23名索马里和苏丹裔女性进行的深入访谈数据。依据三个核心变革理论,我们将女性按照从急切寻求摒弃女性生殖器切割并采用有关该做法的国际规范的叛逆女性,到支持这种做法及其传统意义的女性的连续变化的变革意愿程度进行分类。矛盾思考者处于这个连续变化范围的中间位置。女性的立场还与社会网络和感知到的决策权进一步相互关联。