Author: Bríd Hehir
Concerns about expertise at FGM trials
A number of important questions were raised by this year’s ‘successful’ FGM prosecutions,
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Maybe Ireland’s first FGM case really was a straddle injury
The jury at Dublin’s Circuit Criminal Court court found a Dublin couple guilty of being secondary participants to FGM
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Cardiff Somalis perplexed by FGM obsession
More than 70 feisty, vocal women, predominantly of Somali heritage,
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Operation Limelight uncritically awarded for FGM work
A joint operation between police and Border Forces has been highly commended, not criticised,
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Australia re-criminalises a symbolic form of FGM
Truly, truth is stranger than fiction in the FGM world.
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Kenyan women should be free to choose circumcision
Tomorrow, Dr Tatu Kamau, a former senior official at Kenya’s Ministry of Health will contest the constitutionality of Kenya’s FGM law.
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Despite CPS guidance FGM law remains racist
Race is the prism through which women and girls wanting female genital alterations
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Genital piercings are the UK’s ‘FGM’
Sensationalist headlines that followed the publication of official NHS FGM data
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Why should primary schools educate children about FGM?
Teaching school children about FGM is unnecessary.
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The moral licensing of FGM actors
I’ve recently come across the term ‘moral licensing’ and think it usefully explains how and why actors in the FGM industry behave as they do.
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