Legal Bans, Female Genital Cutting, and Education

• Tác giả: Jorge García-Hombrados
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 372.37 *Personal health and safety
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 319719
• Chủ đề: 1. EDUCATION; 2. FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING; 3. HARMFUL NORMS; 4. IMPACT EVALUATION; 5. SOCIAL NORMS

Tóm tắt

A law that banned the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in Senegal in 1999 reduced its prevalence and increased educational investments in girls. These results are not driven by mechanisms like health, broader changes in empowerment, or child marriage. Suggestive evidence indicates that results could be driven by some parents of future brides reacting to the increase in the cost of FGC caused by the law by abandoning this practice and investing in their daughter's education to compensate for smaller bride prices among uncut women.