The Role Of Media In Fighting Female Circumcision Case Study The New Vision

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DECLARATION .................................................................................................................... i

DEDICATION ......................................................................................................... .............. ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................... ............................. iii

DEFINITION OF TERMS .............. ................................................................................... iv

PREFACE ...... ...... .................. ........... ....... ............................. ........................ .......................... v

CHAPTER ONE .................... ................ ......................................... ....................................... 2

1.0 BACK GROUND .... ......................................................................................... ........... 2

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM .......................................................... .................. 5

1.3 PURPOSE/ AIM ......................................................................................... ................. 6

1.4 HYPOTHESIS ................................... .................................... ................................... .. 6

1.5 JUSTIFICATION ..............................................................................•.......... ................ 6

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................... .............................................................. 7

1.7 OBJECTIVES .................................. ..... ................ ... ................. ................ .................... 7

CHAPTER TW0 ................................................. ................. .... .. ............................................ 8

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ......................... .............................. : ................................... 8

2.2 THE ACT OF CIRCUMCISION .............................................................................. 10

2.3 CULTURE, SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA ... ....................... ................................... 1 0

2.4 REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH (REACH) ....... 12

PROJECT ................................................................................................ ................... .. .... 12

2.5 FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF UGANDA (FPAU) .............................. 12

2.6 SABINY ELDERS ASSOCIATION.(SEA) ................ ..... ........................................ 13

2.7. RELIGIOUS GROUPS ................. ............................................................................ 13

CHAPTER THREE ....... ........ ............................................................................................ ... 13

3.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 13

3. I POPULATION OF THE STUDY ........................................... ............................. 13

3.2 SAMPLING PROCEDURE ..................................................... ........................... 14

3.3 DATA COLLECTION ................................................................... ...................... 15

3.4 CONTENT ANALYSIS ...................... ......... ................................................... ...... 15

3.5 LIMITATIONS ......... .... ..... ...... ............................. ............ ................................... 15

CHAPTER FOUR ....................... .......... ..... ........ .............. ................................................ ..... 16

FINDINGS .................................. .............................................. .......... .............................. 16

4.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................... ................................................................ 16

4.2. FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION WITH DISTRICT LEADERS IN

KAPCHOR W A ............... ......................................... ......................................................... 17

4.3 THE SABINY ELDERS ASSOCIATION (SEA) FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION.18

4.4 FOCUS ON GROUP DISCUSSION WITH UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

(UNFPA ........................... .. ....... .......... .................. ............................................................ 20

4.5 INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW VISION ...................................... .. ......................... 21

CHAPTER FIVE ...... .... ............. ............ ........ ............. ............. ......................................... .... 24

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMEND A TIONS .................................... .. 24

5. 1. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS ........................................... ................................. 24

5.2. CONCLUSION FROM THE STUDY .......................................................... ....... ..... 26

5.3. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STUDY .......... ... ........................ ...... .................. 27

REFERENCES ............ ........................ ................... ..... .......... ............................................. .. 28

QUESTIONNAIRE ........... .......... ..................... ... ... .... .......... ... ......... ... ............... ......... ......... 29

APPENDICES ......... ......... .... .................................................. ..... ....... : .. ........ ..................... .. 33