Understanding Women Living with FGM through Healthcare Settings in Australia -- AP Olayide Ogunsiji
Channel: WSU Library
Date: 2024-04-07

Thought Leadership Event Series https://library.westernsydney.edu.au/about_us/whats_on/thought_leadership_events 

Understanding Women Living with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) through Healthcare Settings in Australia -- Associate Professor Olayide Ogunsiji

00:00 Introduction
03:54 Understanding Women Living with FGM/C through Healthcare settings in Australia
05:15 School of Nursing and Midwifery
05:36 Trigger Warning!
06:09 Female genital mutilation/cutting
10:10 Types of female genital mutilation/cutting
15:34  United nations Sustainable Development Goals: Agenda 2030
17:14 UNSDG Goal 5
17:52 Global demand on health care workers
20:01 Practicing Communities
21:33 My PhD thesis
22:49 Community and Professional Engagement
24:00 Western Sydney University Seed Grant
25:19 Living with FGM/C: Health Issues
26:24 From the women's voices
29:36 WSU Academic Course Advisor grant
31:18 FGM/C and innovative body mapping
35:08 Multicultural health service, academics and community in collaboration
36:53 WSU Future Makers issues 5 & Gender Equality Special Issue
37:55 Australian Youth Voices in Global Effort
40:52 In Conclusion
42:23 Questions

Associate Professor Olayide Ogunsiji is in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University. Olayide’s research is in Women’s Health with a focus on migrant and refugee women’s health and cultural issues that impact health. Her current research focuses on raising awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM) and the short- and long-term health consequences of this cultural practice. Associate Professor Ogunsiji is passionate about prevention of FGM and optimal health care of women and girls living with FGM. Through her research, Olayide is engaging FGM practicing communities, health providers, researchers, non-government organisations and government agencies to contribute to the national and global agenda to eliminate FGM and promote optimal health outcomes for women and girls living with the consequences of the practice.

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