Author: Bríd Hehir
Why we should be concerned about UK FGM laws
My paper, Why we should be concerned about UK female genital mutilation laws
Read MoreTens of thousands of girls living in the UK are not at risk of FGC/M
A University of Bristol open access paper,
Read MoreCrimestoppers’ FGM Snitchers’ Campaign
In June, the charity CrimeStoppers issued a briefing advertising that it would run a targeted FGM social media campaign and community engagement work
Read MoreThe prosecution of Dawoodi Bohra women: some reasonable doubts
Two court cases in 2019 involving Dawoodi Bohras (a Shia Muslim sect),
Read MoreThe dangers of the anti-FGM campaign
In the London borough of Islington last month, the police
Read MoreFGM Recording and Reporting: Re-infibulation and Piercing cases
The legal position relating to re-infibulation and genital piercing was published 8th July 2019.
Read MorePortugal’s first FGM conviction to be appealed?
A statement in regard to Portugal’s first FGM conviction and requesting support for an appeal
Read MoreThe low horizons of the anti-FGM industry
The obsession with FGM which considers recipients little more than victims of violence with mutilated genitals
Read MoreNo, we don’t need an FGM Commissioner
Straw-dog arguments largely informed two papers promoting the need for an FGM Commissioner.
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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…