February 2019 - FGM/C Shifting Sands

Monthly Archives: February 2019

Ethnography and FGM storytelling

Hidden Voices: The importance of ethnography in FGM storytelling

Guest Author Published 20 February 2019

Sara Johnsdotter

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

Christopher Chope

In defence of Christopher Chope

Guest Author Published 14 February 2019

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny,

Old Bailey FGM trial

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

Guest Author Published 14 February 2019

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

Why was witchcraft part of fem trial?

How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft

Guest Author Published 10 February 2019

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

FGM conviction

A miscarriage of justice?

Bríd Hehir Published 5 February 2019

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