March 2019 - FGM/C Shifting Sands

Monthly Archives: March 2019

£375,000 FGM awareness raising

£375,000 being wasted on FGM awareness raising

Guest Author Published 29 March 2019

I wish the Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP had objectively reviewed

Islam TV FGM Women's AM

How much of a problem is FGM in the UK?

Bríd Hehir Published 14 March 2019

The recent FGM trial at the Old Bailey where a mother was convicted

FGM trial Guilty verdict

FGM Trial: Judge’s sentencing remarks

Guest Author Published 11 March 2019

Judiciary of England & Wales

Bristol FGM safeguarding became stigmatising

Somali experience of FGM safeguarding in Bristol

Bríd Hehir Published 11 March 2019

The trauma, victimisation and sense of disempowerment that Bristol Somalis

FGM data misquoted

FGM data is misinterpreted and misunderstood

Bríd Hehir Published 5 March 2019

A recent Committee of cross-party MPs discussed the need

FGM stuck in a rut

FGM: People have moved on. Why don’t campaigners?

Bríd Hehir Published 4 March 2019

Although families and communities who may have or used to practice FGM have moved on,