Shifting Sands

Australia re-criminalises a symbolic form of FGM

Bríd Hehir Published27 October 2019

Truly, truth is stranger than fiction in the FGM world.
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Kenyan women should be free to choose circumcision

Bríd Hehir Published23 October 2019

Tomorrow, Dr Tatu Kamau, a former senior official at Kenya’s Ministry of Health will contest the constitutionality of Kenya’s FGM law.
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Despite CPS guidance FGM law remains racist

Bríd Hehir Published23 October 2019

Race is the prism through which women and girls wanting female genital alterations
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Genital piercings are the UK’s ‘FGM’

Bríd Hehir Published1 August 2019

Sensationalist headlines that followed the publication of official NHS FGM data
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Legal

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

Why are specific women being denied bodily autonomy?

Guest Author August 28, 2019 Comments Off

Outdated laws are punishing adults for consensual activities, from body modifications like re-infibulation to BDSM.

FGM trial Guilty verdict

UK FGM Trial: Judge’s sentencing remarks

Guest Author March 11, 2019 Comments Off

Judiciary of England & Wales

Christopher Chope

In defence of Christopher Chope

Guest Author February 14, 2019 Comments Off

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny,