June 2018 - FGM/C Shifting Sands

Monthly Archives: June 2018

Damaging FGM propaganda from Barnardo’s and NSPCC

Bríd Hehir Published 21 June 2018

To survive, charities need to be seen to be trustworthy and relevant.

We need a zero tolerance approach to racist FGM campaigns

Bríd Hehir Published 18 June 2018

Interview with Kebe. Despite having been circumcised,

Alienating parents through FGM safeguarding

Safeguarding shouldn’t mean alienating: parents criticise FGM investigations

Guest Author Published 12 June 2018

There’s growing discontent among sections of the Bristol Somali community

Anti-FGM investigations ‘discriminatory and undermining’, say parents

Guest Author Published 7 June 2018

Bristol Somali parents feel they are being unfairly targeted

Myths and Facts on Female Circumcision

Guest Author Published 4 June 2018

The website, Female Circumcision, wades into this fraught field in an attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Recent Tweets by @ShiftingSandFGC

@PaulEmbery Next he’ll be declaring that he’s a woman!

@Future_Cities @JuliaHB1 It’s sad that interviews like this are so rare that they stand out as exceptional. Wish there were more journalists like @JuliaHB1 calling people to account.

Ldn’s Mayor reported May 31 for financial years 2018-21, 70 FGM offences & 3 detections by MET. Included were crimes flagged for FGM, using a crime report with HO classification, failing to protect girls from it or breach FGM PO. Two charges reported. #FGMepidemic still anyone? pic.twitter.com/I7mTwRFXZh

@clareemurph @AnnKeen11 That was then and it was brutal. Even some unmarried health care workers had their babies ‘adopted’. But we live in a very different world now. This Govt is not responsible for what happened then so why should it apologise and for what?

@AnnFuredi @unherd So true. Wish the #FGM ‘industry’ was similarly scrutinised @unherd

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