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Article: Epidemiological surveys on FGM in Italy. (female genital mutilation)
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- WIN News
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- June 22, 1997
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"A work group was set up at the Deportment of General Psychology at the University of Padua, coordinated by Prof. Pia Grassivaro Gallo, which brought together many Italian scholars interested in analysing FGM in Italy. The group has been working from 1988, following the impact of immigration from areas where FGM is practiced and following a press campaign regarding statements attributed to the Ministry of Health, that FGM may be practised in Italian public health units. In view of this it was decided to investigate more deeply the Italian immigration situation.
THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST STUDY: (1991)
The work dealt with the position of Italy in the matter of ...