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| Midwife no. | Age | Type of FGM | Civil status | Education | Children | Daughters and FGM | Perception of FGM | Working years as midwife |
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| 1 | 25 | Type III | Single | Sec. school
Nursing school 3 years | No children | Will not perform FGM or sunna | “Awful, evil practice” | 7 years at Magan |
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| 2 | 47 | Type III | Married | Sec. school
Nursing school 1 year | 2 sons, 2 daughters | Sunna done on both daughters at 7
Father advised against | “Harmful practice” (infib) | 26 years at Daami |
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| 3 | 24 | Sunna | Single | Sec. school
Nursing school and midwifery | No | “I will do sunna for her”. Might leave her, or just make bleeding | “I do not like pharaonic circumcision. | 3 years at Daami MCH |
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| 4 | 28 | Type III | Single | Sec. school
Nursing school and midwifery | No | No | “Awful practice” (infib) | 10 months at Magan |
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| 5 | 39 | Type III | Single | Left school at grade 5. Some midwifery training | No | “I will not do anything to them or have piercing performed of clitoris to make it bleed” | “I have bad memories of it” | Several years at Muhammed MCH |
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| 6 | 25 | Type III | Single | Sec. school Midwifery training | No | “I will do sunna on my daughters” | “I see it as one with many painful difficulties” | 1 year at Daami MCH |
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| 7 | 42 | Type III | Married | Sec. school
Nursing school | 5 sons, 2 daughters | Yes, sunna on both at the age of 8 | “Sunna is almost as being untouched” | 20 years at Daami MCH |
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| 8 | 29 | Type III | Married | Sec. school
University 4 years
Midwifery 2 years | 1 son | Mild type of sunna, piercing of clitoris, or leave untouched. | “Now I know it has only problems but no benefits” (infib) | 2 years at Magan Several years at a different hospital before that |
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