Monthly Archives: April 2019
Working with the FGM laws: challenges and opportunities
Professionals could learn a lot from communities about FGM.
Read MoreFGM panic is harming minority communities
By Sagal Mohamed. In February, the Conservative MP for Christchurch, Christopher Chope,
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Recent Tweets by @ShiftingSandFGC
Mutilation is OK - if carried out in the name of transgenderism. shiftingsands.org.uk/is-trans…
@MaryKenny4 @AnnFuredi I thought @AnnFuredi addressed that point well in this podcast. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0…
Allan J Jacobs @globaldiscourse shows how understanding of the anatomy of female/male bodies can contribute to debates about circumcision: anatomical differences make female circumcision dangerous in infancy and male circumcision safest in infancy. bristoluniversitypressdigital…
In this @globaldiscourse essay, @briandavidearp shows how he and Rick Shweder agree on the presence of double standards but depart in their normative conclusions, with Earp rejecting all medically unnecessary medical cutting of children. bristoluniversitypressdigital…
Here, Drs Ahmadu and Kamau analyse the paradox of the treatment of @FGC in #Kenyan law, in which legislation appears to privilege gender-confirming surgery in a cultural context with less fluid gender norms. ingentaconnect.com/content/bu…