August 2018 - FGM/C Shifting Sands

Monthly Archives: August 2018

Anti-FGM activists demean women

Bríd Hehir Published 31 August 2018

The long-predicted epidemic of FGM

Laws against FGM and Khafz need to be scrapped

Guest Author Published 26 August 2018

While I disagree with Dawoodi Bohra’s insisting

Bohras believe that Khafz should not be categorized as FGM

Australia court rules Bohra female circumcision not FGM

Guest Author Published 18 August 2018

The Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court in New South Wales, last week acquitted

FGM armoury to be strengthened irrespective of need

Bríd Hehir Published 7 August 2018

An ‘extraordinary debate about something that we all care passionately’,

Recent Tweets by @ShiftingSandFGC

#FGM activists regularly report that they experience flashbacks. This useful piece helps explain how culture can influence responses to traumatic events. spiked-online.com/2018/10/11/…

In Northern Ireland, abortion is a crime punishable by life in prison. This means women like Emma cannot make their own choices in pregnancy. On October 23rd, MPs can vote to change this. Email yours now. @bpas1968 pic.twitter.com/kO4WulAMwR #NowForNI nowforni.uk/take-action

@indigojo_uk When there, we were told that when the water was diverted, the channels were so poorly constructed that water just leaked everywhere and anywhere, which helped cause the problem.

Wonder whether attendees at next weekend's @BattleofIdeas discussion on Charities will have been convinced by the Charity Commission's threat to charities that they must read the writing on the wall, and respond appropriately. battleofideas.org.uk/session/…

Let’s protect our girls – from the FGM industry shiftingsands.org.uk/lets-pro… pic.twitter.com/SlmLiZP7O1

Follow @ShiftingSandFGC