Author: Bríd Hehir
FGM Law, Trials, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders and Mandatory Reporting
Terminology
Until the 1980s, FGM was widely known in English as “female circumcision”,
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The Gambia contests female circumcision (FGM) ban
The Gambia in west African has become the centre of international concern in regard to female circumcision,
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Police secure UK conviction for FGM occurring in Kenya
A British mother has been jailed (February 2024) for allowing her daughter to undergo FGM in Kenya.
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Some women are considered more equal than others in regard to genital modifications
In Australia, some women can now consent to cosmetic genital modifications while others cannot.
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FGM: charges and prosecutions 2018-2022
FOI request to CPS October 2023: ‘I am writing to make an information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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The NHS should not adopt One (FGM) Question
Nursing Times ran a survey in July and August 2023 in partnership with an FGM charity, The Vavengers.
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UK Aid does not save girls from FGM
Recently Nimco Ali wrote a controversial and important piece
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One FGM Question for women accessing the NHS
Soon all women accessing NHS care in the UK may be asked whether they’ve been subjected to FGM.
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Adult genital piercings are still reported as FGM
Contrary to popular opinion, women who’ve had genital piercings, voluntarily, as adults, in the UK, are reported by the NHS to have undergone FGM.
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