Shifting Sands

US FGM case dismissal is a missed opportunity

Bríd Hehir Published16 December 2018

The November 2018 US ruling which resulted in most FGM related charges
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FGM figures have decreased not increased

Bríd Hehir Published10 December 2018

‘Female genital mutilation cases more than double in a year in UK’ reported a Guardian headline, incorrectly, 30 November 2018.
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Is Quilliam linking FGM to extremism?

Bríd Hehir Published29 November 2018

Why did Quilliam ‘the world’s first counter-extremism organisation, launch an unremarkable report about FGM
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Legal

Aus trial not Mutilation

Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

Guest Author September 24, 2018 Comments Off

In Australia, in 2015, three Dawoodi Bohras (a small Shia Muslim sect) were convicted

Scrap FGM and Khafz laws

Laws against FGM and Khafz need to be scrapped

Guest Author August 26, 2018 Comments Off

While I disagree with Dawoodi Bohra’s insisting

Bohras believe that Khafz should not be categorized as FGM

Australia court rules Bohra female circumcision not FGM

Guest Author August 18, 2018 Comments Off

The Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court in New South Wales, last week acquitted

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Some children's rights activists want African girls genitals inspected for signs of FGM there. But in UK, mandatory genital exams were advocated by MP Diane Abbott, and backed by other MPs in a parliamentary debate 2014, as a way of securing prosecutions. shiftingsands.org.uk/fgm-crus…

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