FGM/C Shifting Sands

Author: Bríd Hehir

FGM facts irrelevant

FGM facts were irrelevant in 2016

December 14, 2016 Comments Off on FGM facts were irrelevant in 2016

Campaigners and crusaders against FGM face a dilemma

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Access to FGM patient information is inadequate

Access to FGM patient information is inadequate

December 5, 2016 Comments Off on Access to FGM patient information is inadequate

NHS recording and centralising sensitive, patient-identifiable, FGM data

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CPS FGM

How effective are FGM laws?

November 24, 2016 Comments Off on How effective are FGM laws?

Little light was shed but a number of myths

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Airport FGM Hunting

FGM: Trophy Hunting at British Airports

September 16, 2016 Comments Off on FGM: Trophy Hunting at British Airports

Like trophy hunters in search of elective game,

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Should women be free to choose genital cutting?

Should African women be free to choose genital cutting?

August 31, 2016 Comments Off on Should African women be free to choose genital cutting?

The recent death of Fatmata Turay, a 19 year old Sierra Leonean

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Reframing the Debate on FGM

FGM scaremongering

FGM: the reality refuses to live up to the scaremongering

June 20, 2016 Comments Off on FGM: the reality refuses to live up to the scaremongering

A new dataset on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK,

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Religious intolerance in FGM

Double standards secure FGM conviction and religious intolerance

May 5, 2016 Comments Off on Double standards secure FGM conviction and religious intolerance

An Australian FGM trial has helped promote intolerance

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FGM data inaccurate unreliable

FGM NHS data is neither accurate nor reliable

April 6, 2016 Comments Off on FGM NHS data is neither accurate nor reliable

It will take the NHS 25 years, at this rate,

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FGM moral crusade

The FGM moral crusade is anti-humanist

March 8, 2016 Comments Off on The FGM moral crusade is anti-humanist

International Women’s Day affords an opportunity to consider

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