Legal Articles
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 conviction for FGM occurring in Kenya
A British mother has been jailed 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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“I always believed Dr Nagarwala was innocent and overcharged”
A criminal defence lawyer asserted this when she wrote the following
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Lisbon Court suspended sentence for mother convicted of FGM
Lisbon Court suspends sentence to woman convicted of FGM.
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The prosecution of Dawoodi Bohra women: some reasonable doubts
Two court cases in 2019 involving Dawoodi Bohras (a Shia Muslim sect),
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FGM Recording and Reporting: Re-infibulation and Piercing cases
The legal position relating to re-infibulation and genital piercing was published 8th July 2019.
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Portugal’s first FGM conviction to be appealed?
A statement in regard to Portugal’s first FGM conviction and requesting support for an appeal
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