Author: Bríd Hehir
Ireland’s wrongful FGM conviction
A documentary based on a major investigation into the wrongful conviction and imprisonment
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Miscarriage of Justice in Ireland’s FGM landmark case?
After almost ten years of fighting to have their names cleared,
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Will Ireland pay a heavy price for buying into the FGM moral panic?
Ireland’s Court of Appeal will soon have to answer this question.
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Is Government funding to combat FGM a useful use of UK taxpayers money?
Finding accurate and precise information in regard to public funding allocated by the Government towards combatting female circumcision/FGM can be challenging
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Lessons in challenging FGM Court Orders
Serious limitations in regard to a Court Order made under the Children Act 1989 were given a welcome airing
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Draconian open-ended FGM Order successfully contested in Court
Social Work England, the organisation which regulates Social Workers in England
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Riding the FGM gravy train and infantilising women
Following the publication of NHS England’s Digital Annual FGM Report in September 2024,
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Third FGM conviction in England and Wales
A jury in a ‘landmark case’ in Nottingham Crown Court, found a man guilty,
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‘FGM’ charges dropped in Dublin and medical ‘expertise’ scrutinised
A landmark ruling in Dublin in July 2024 determined that a couple originally from East Africa would have the ‘FGM’ charges against them dropped
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