Author: Bríd Hehir
Operation Limelight uncritically awarded for FGM work
A joint operation between police and Border Forces has been highly commended, not criticised,
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Australia re-criminalises a symbolic form of FGM
Truly, truth is stranger than fiction in the FGM world.
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Kenyan women should be free to choose circumcision
Tomorrow, Dr Tatu Kamau, a former senior official at Kenya’s Ministry of Health will contest the constitutionality of Kenya’s FGM law.
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Despite CPS guidance FGM law remains racist
Race is the prism through which women and girls wanting female genital alterations
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Genital piercings are the UK’s ‘FGM’
Sensationalist headlines that followed the publication of official NHS FGM data
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Why should primary schools educate children about FGM?
Teaching school children about FGM is unnecessary.
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The moral licensing of FGM actors
I’ve recently come across the term ‘moral licensing’ and think it usefully explains how and why actors in the FGM industry behave as they do.
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Tory leadership and PM hopefuls’ views on FGM
Tory leadership and prime ministerial (PM) hopefuls,
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Controversy over Female Circumcision in Sierra Leone
The smouldering controversy over the illegality of female circumcision in Sierra Leone
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NHS FGM Prevention Programme needs evaluating
The Department of Health and NHS England’s FGM Prevention Programme urgently needs evaluating
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