Shifting Sands

We need a zero tolerance approach to racist FGM campaigns

Bríd Hehir Published18 June 2018

Interview with Kebe. Despite having been circumcised,
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Head to Head on Male Circumcision

Bríd Hehir Published14 May 2018

As Iceland drops the proposed ban on male circumcision,
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Bristol’s discriminatory FGM Safeguarding Model to be reviewed

Bríd Hehir Published10 May 2018

Somali Parents Against Stigma (SPAS) second meeting in Bristol
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Legal

FGM narrative must move on

The FGM narrative needs to move beyond prosecution

Guest Author April 30, 2018 Comments Off

Communities must be listened to

FGM trial Old Bailey

The Old Bailey ‘FGM’ trial

Guest Author April 9, 2018 Comments Off

The Old Bailey trial ended 22 March 2018 in an acquittal.

Role Police Courts FGM Trials

Review of UK FGM investigations and trials

Guest Author April 9, 2018 Comments Off

The role of the criminal justice system in prosecuting allegations of FGM:

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@ThamesVP issues grants to orgs like @SloughRefugee to 'awareness raise' about #FGM Don't they have knife crime criminals e.g. to catch instead of letting imaginations run riot and wasting public money on something that doesn't happen here? sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/s…

Is this not what ‘legal’ NGO’s get involved with also? twitter.com/maminapawa/sta…

#FGM Outside interference in a country's affairs can lead to repercussions like this. And African women have a right to choose what they do with their bodies, don't they? kenyanews.go.ke/case-on-fgm-r…

@BSCAssociation Indeed. Bristol and Cardiff are saying so loud and clear.

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