Author: Bríd Hehir
Controversy over Female Circumcision in Sierra Leone
The smouldering controversy over the illegality of female circumcision in Sierra Leone
Read MoreNHS FGM Prevention Programme needs evaluating
The Department of Health and NHS England’s FGM Prevention Programme urgently needs evaluating
Read MoreBrexit and FGM: Migration reduces incidence
While the Brexit Party’s success dominates the agenda, and the Prime Minister prepares to leave Downing St.,
Read MoreWorking with the FGM laws: challenges and opportunities
Professionals could learn a lot from communities about FGM.
Read MoreHow much of a problem is FGM in the UK?
The recent FGM trial at the Old Bailey where a mother was convicted
Read MoreSomali experience of FGM safeguarding in Bristol
The trauma, victimisation and sense of disempowerment that Bristol Somalis
Read MoreFGM data is misinterpreted and misunderstood
A recent Committee of cross-party MPs discussed the need
Read MoreFGM: People have moved on. Why don’t campaigners?
Although families and communities who may have or used to practice FGM have moved on,
Read MoreA miscarriage of justice?
The first FGM conviction in Britain has been secured. But at what cost?
Read MoreUS FGM case dismissal is a missed opportunity
The November 2018 US ruling which resulted in most FGM related charges
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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…