The facts Articles
How prevalent is FGM in the UK really?
Guest Author
Published 15 February 2017
Monday Feb 6th was apparently FGM Awareness Day,
Read MoreActon’s FGM Clinic closure is good news
Bríd Hehir
Published 24 January 2017
A petition aimed at stopping the imminent closure of Acton’s FGM Community Clinic is circulating.
Read MoreFGM facts were irrelevant in 2016
Bríd Hehir
Published 14 December 2016
Campaigners and crusaders against FGM face a dilemma
Read MoreAccess to FGM patient information is inadequate
Bríd Hehir
Published 5 December 2016
NHS recording and centralising sensitive, patient-identifiable, FGM data
Read MoreThe mists begin to clear on FGM statistics
Guest Author
Published 10 October 2016
Readers may recall that I have long been interested
Read MoreWomen’s Empowerment in Sierra Leone’s Sande/Bondo Society
Guest Author
Published 10 August 2016
It is rare to come across an article that describes
Read MoreFGM: the reality refuses to live up to the scaremongering
Bríd Hehir
Published 20 June 2016
A new dataset on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK,
Read MoreDouble standards secure FGM conviction and religious intolerance
Bríd Hehir
Published 5 May 2016
An Australian FGM trial has helped promote intolerance
Read MoreFGM NHS data is neither accurate nor reliable
Bríd Hehir
Published 6 April 2016
It will take the NHS 25 years, at this rate,
Read MoreThe FGM moral crusade is anti-humanist
Bríd Hehir
Published 8 March 2016
International Women’s Day affords an opportunity to consider
Read MoreRecent Posts
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- Swedish FGM court acquittal and translation concerns
- Has Ireland’s Zero Tolerance for FGM approach delayed justice for innocent parents?
- Ireland’s wrongful FGM conviction
- Miscarriage of Justice in Ireland’s FGM landmark case?










