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What critics think Articles

Zero tolerance for FGM?

Is Zero Tolerance the best approach for ending FGM?

Published 12 February 2020

On Saturday, 8 February 2020, the recently formed group, Hidden Voices UK,

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Response to Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

Critique of Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

Published 31 January 2020

FGM activists, fronted by Professor Hilary Burrage, recently circulated a manifesto

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Does the WHO undermine Religious Freedom & Gender Equality?

WHO undermines Religious Freedom and Gender Equality?

Published 19 August 2019

A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed six charges of FGM,

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Female Circumcision Sierra Leone

Controversy over Female Circumcision in Sierra Leone

Published 19 June 2019

The smouldering controversy over the illegality of female circumcision in Sierra Leone

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Communities harmed by FGM panic

FGM panic is harming minority communities

Published 9 April 2019

By Sagal Mohamed. In February, the Conservative MP for Christchurch, Christopher Chope,

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Is trans surgery just state-sanctioned mutilation?

Guilty until proven innocent

FGM investigations

Anti-FGM investigations ‘discriminatory and undermining’, say parents

Published 7 June 2018

Bristol Somali parents feel they are being unfairly targeted

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Circumcision is OK for boys but not girls?

Male circumcision is celebrated while female is illegal

Published 17 May 2018

Jewish and Muslim communities are braced for the impact of a landmark ruling

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Kenya battles FGM

Nine reasons why Kenya might be losing the fight against FGM

Published 3 May 2018

Today marks three years since I actively joined the #EndFGM movement in Kenya, writes Lorna Andisi*.

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