FGM laws

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UK FGM Law, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders, Mandatory Reporting

FGM Law, Trials, Prosecutions, Convictions, Protection Orders and Mandatory Reporting

Bríd Hehir Published 14 May 2024

Terminology

Until the 1980s, FGM was widely known in English as “female circumcision”,

Why we should be concerned about UK FGM laws and associated monitoring and reporting systems

Why we should be concerned about UK FGM laws

Bríd Hehir Published 19 February 2022

My paper, Why we should be concerned about UK female genital mutilation laws

We must be free to do what we like to our bodies

Why are specific women being denied bodily autonomy?

Guest Author Published 28 August 2019

Outdated laws are punishing adults for consensual activities, from body modifications like re-infibulation to BDSM.

FGM laws

Working with the FGM laws: challenges and opportunities

Bríd Hehir Published 13 April 2019

Professionals could learn a lot from communities about FGM.

FGM armoury to be strengthened

FGM armoury to be strengthened irrespective of need

Bríd Hehir Published 7 August 2018

An ‘extraordinary debate about something that we all care passionately’,

FGM facts irrelevant

FGM facts were irrelevant in 2016

Bríd Hehir Published 14 December 2016

Campaigners and crusaders against FGM face a dilemma

CPS FGM

How effective are FGM laws?

Bríd Hehir Published 24 November 2016

Little light was shed but a number of myths

Worrying questions about expert evidence at FGM trials

Men do not benefit from the FGM tradition

Guest Author Published 2 February 2016

It is always a problem when traditional beliefs conflict with modern values.

Repeal FGM mandatory reporting duty

Repeal the FGM mandatory reporting law

Bríd Hehir Published 4 November 2015

A new duty under the Serious Crime Act 2015

FGM campaigners 'pick and choose'

“FGM campaigners use a ‘pick and choose’ approach.”

Bríd Hehir Published 18 August 2015

Interview with Zwedi