Knowledge, attitudes, and positions of religious leaders towards female genital cutting: A cross-sectional study from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

• Kazhan I. Mahmood,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq

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• Sherzad A. Shabu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq

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• Karwan M-Amen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: karwan.amin@hmu.edu.krd

  Affiliations Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq, Center of Research and Strategic Studies, Lebanese French University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3723-4903

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• Abubakir M. Saleh,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Tishk International University, Erbil, Iraq

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• Hamdia Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4952-7108

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• Barzhang Q. Mzori,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Erbil Directorate of Health, Erbil, Iraq

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• Nazar P. Shabila

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University in Erbil, Erbil, Iraq

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8921-195X

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