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  1. Introduction Culture, Human Rights, and Social Work: Colonialism, Eurocentricism, and Afrocentricity
  2. 1 Disrupting Popular Discourses on Ilobolo: The Role of Emancipatory Social Work in Engendering Human Rights and Social Justice
  3. 2 Nigerian Marital Cultural Practices and Implications for Human Rights
  4. 3 Socio-Cultural Constructions of Intensive Mothering and Othermothering: Domestic Workers’ Experiences of Distance Parenting and their Conceptualization of Motherhood
  5. 4 Misrecognition of the Rights of People with Epilepsy in Zimbabwe: A Social Justice Perspective
  6. 5 Harmful Cultural Practices against Women and Girls in Ghana: Implications for Human Rights and Social Work
  7. 6 The Intersection of Culture, Religion (Islam), and Women’s Human Rights in Ethiopia: Private Lives in Focus
  8. 7 The Implications of a Patriarchal Culture for Women’s Access to “Formal” Human Rights in South Africa: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Survivors
  9. 8 Child Marriage Among the Apostolic Sects in Zimbabwe: Implications for Social Work Practice
  10. 9 “Everybody Here Knows This, If You Want to Go to School then You Must Be Prepared to Work”: Children’s Rights and the Role of Social Work in Ghana
  11. 10 Human Rights and Medicalization of FGM/C in Sudan
  12. 11 Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence: A Case of Alur and Tieng Adhola Cultural Institutions in Uganda
  13. 12 When National Law and Culture Coalesce: Challenges for Children’s Rights in Botswana with Specific Reference to Corporal Punishment
  14. Conclusion: Emancipatory Social Work, Ubuntu, and Afrocentricity: Antidotes to Human Rights Violations
  15. List of Contributors
  16. Index
  17. Author Index
  18. Subject Index

Traditional circumciser

Trained midwife

Other health professional

Missing/DK

Central Darfor

71.3

24.9

0.8

3.0

Kassala

53.6

41.6

2.2

2.6

North Darfur

48.4

46.6

2.5

2.5

West Kordofan

47.6

47.9

3.1

1.5

East Darfur

47.1

50.1

1.5

1.4

South Darfur

45.1

52.0

1.7

1.2

South Kordofan

44.5

46.4

0.4

8.7

Gadarif

41.7

41.6

1.5

15.1

Blue Nile

40.5

54.7

3.1

1.7

North Kordofan

38.0

53.3

1.5

7.3

West Darfur

37.2

58.2

1.5

3.1

Red Sea

35.0

35.5

9.5

19.9

White Nile

34.8

56.2

0.8

8.2

Sinnar

25.2

60.7

10.7

3.3

Gezira

13.0

80.1

3.3

3.7

River Nile

6.8

84.0

3.7

5.5

Khartoum

4.0

89.1

5.2

1.7

Northern

2.9

90.4

0.6

6.1

1966-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2014

Traditional circumciser

39.1

33.7

25.7

18.4

Trained midwife

55.4

61.6

69.0

76.0

Other health professional

3.2

3.0

3.3

3.8

Undetermined

2.3

1.7

2.0

1.8

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