Shifting Sands

Some women are considered more equal than others in regard to genital modifications

Bríd Hehir Published26 November 2023

In Australia, some women can now consent to cosmetic genital modifications while others cannot.
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The NHS should not adopt One (FGM) Question

Bríd Hehir Published18 September 2023

Nursing Times ran a survey in July and August 2023 in partnership with an FGM charity, The Vavengers.
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UK Aid does not save girls from FGM

Bríd Hehir Published15 August 2023

Recently Nimco Ali wrote a controversial and important piece
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FGM: Perils of a cause célèbre

Guest Author Published25 May 2021

A patronising and draconian response to FGM risks victimising women who have already been abused writes Ella Whelan.
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Legal

FGM: charges and prosecutions

FGM: charges and prosecutions 2018-2022

Bríd Hehir October 17, 2023 Comments Off

FOI request: ‘I am writing to make an information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following data from January 2018 up to and including December 2022, with the data broken down for each calendar year.’

Fifteen year old case of FGM to be tried

Woman to be tried for assisting with FGM in Kenya

Bríd Hehir January 7, 2023 Comments Off

A British woman of Kenyan origin,

I have always believed she was innocent and overcharged

“I always believed Dr Nagarwala was innocent and overcharged”

Guest Author February 21, 2022 Comments Off

A criminal defence lawyer asserted this when she wrote the following