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Harmful norms: Can social convention theory explain the persistence of female genital cutting in Africa!
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-11)
This paper investigates the explanatory power of social convention theory for explaining
the persistence of female genital cutting (FGC) in a broad sample of African countries. While
influential in policy circles, the ...
Changing local customs: Long-run impacts of the earliest campaigns against female genital cutting
(University of Gothenburg, 2023-03)
This paper investigates the long-run impacts of Christian missionary expansion on the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical analysis draws on historical data on the locations of early ...