The prize is for her article in the Journal of Development
Assistant professor Natascha Wagner has won the Dudley Seers Memorial Prize for best article in volume 51 of the Development Journal.
She has won the prize for her article entitled 'Female genital cutting and long-term health consequences -- nationally representative estimates across 13 countries'. In the article she compares long-term health outcomes across cut and uncut women. She finds no evidence of general health impairments or decreased fertility induced by female genital cutting