February 2019 - FGM/C Shifting Sands

Monthly Archives: February 2019

Sara Johnsdotter

An extraordinary meeting was held in London on 15 February 2019.

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny,

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

This is the fifth time that FGM has gone to trial in England since 2014.

The first FGM conviction in Britain has been secured. But at what cost?

@dublin_damo Just had first lunch of the year plus a lovely pint in a (mostly) sunny pub garden near to Guildford.

@wynnebrendan @susan_bewley @emilysheffield @NimkoAli @standardnews @sarahsands100 Susan. Good to give credit where due but also important to recognise the damage the #FGM Industry has done and continues to as it shifts its focus overseas. shiftingsands.org.uk/the-dang…

"Only half of women in developing world in charge of their own bodies - UN" Yet Kenyan women who tried to regain control e.g. #femalecircumcision in Kenya are denied it @linnytayls @UNKanem @GPtoEndFGM news.trust.org/item/202104140… shiftingsands.org.uk/women-sh…

The #FGMindustry is heavily reliant on foreign #Aid. This very useful briefing paper asks, but lets the reader decide, whether the UK should reduce its #foreignaid budget. debatingmatters.com/topic/the…