January 2016 - FGM/C Shifting Sands

Monthly Archives: January 2016

Role of the Criminal Law in Anti-FGM Campaigns

Guest Author Published 25 January 2016

Criminalisation may not be the best means of stopping FGM

Ethiopia is making steady progress on FGM

Bríd Hehir Published 21 January 2016

My recent holiday in Ethiopia afforded me an opportunity

There is no place for ‘FGM’ in the 21st Century?

Guest Author Published 15 January 2016

Fuambai Sia Ahmadu responds

We have sleepwalked into this FGM mess

Bríd Hehir Published 4 January 2016

Interview with Jama

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@JonHolb Jesus wept!

The Govt allocated £50M to tackle #FGM in Africa. £15M in Sudan alone. Is this a good use of public funds? @AnthonyMangnal1 @morton_wendy shiftingsands.org.uk/time-to-… theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=…

@SarahA775 I’m kinda the same but not as severe as you. I carry a puffer jacket around even in summer, just in case!

@SarahA775 Whether to get actively involved in politics. I did!

@TimandraHarknes So much advice seems based on experts/politicians low opinion of us. “Citizens should be treated as rational actors, capable of taking decisions for themselves and managing personal risk.”

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