"All interventions on a woman's body, whether for personal hygiene or for aesthe-tic purposes, or that lead to heightened sexual satisfaction, do not involve merely the simple transformation of the physical body."

The "Study on Gender, Sexuality and Vaginal Practices" was conducted in South-east Asia (Thailand and Indonesia) and southern Africa (Mozambique and South Africa). It was coordinated by the WHO Department of Reproductive Health Rese-arch, Gender and Rights, Geneva. In Mozambique the study was conducted in col-laboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Regional Centre for Health Deve-lopment (Centro Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Saúde - CRDS), the Provinci-al Directorate of Health in Tete, WHO Mozambique, the International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH) and the University of Ghent (Belgium).

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