FGM/C Shifting Sands

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Communities harmed by FGM panic

FGM panic is harming minority communities

April 9, 2019 Comments Off on FGM panic is harming minority communities

In February, the Conservative MP for Christchurch, Christopher Chope,

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£375,000 FGM awareness raising

£375,000 being wasted on FGM awareness raising

March 29, 2019 Comments Off on £375,000 being wasted on FGM awareness raising

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

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FGM trial Guilty verdict

FGM Trial: Judge’s sentencing remarks

March 11, 2019 Comments Off on FGM Trial: Judge’s sentencing remarks

Judiciary of England & Wales

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Ethnography and FGM storytelling

Hidden Voices: The importance of ethnography in FGM storytelling

February 20, 2019 Comments Off on Hidden Voices: The importance of ethnography in FGM storytelling

Sara Johnsdotter 

An extraordinary meeting was held in London on 15 February 2019.

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Christopher Chope

In defence of Christopher Chope

February 14, 2019 Comments Off on In defence of Christopher Chope

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny,

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Old Bailey FGM trial

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

February 14, 2019 Comments Off on Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

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Why was witchcraft part of fem trial?

How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft

February 10, 2019 Comments Off on How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft

This is the fifth time that FGM has gone to trial in England since 2014.

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cultural boundaries FGC

FGC and the cultural boundaries of medical practice

December 5, 2018 Comments Off on FGC and the cultural boundaries of medical practice

In April 2017, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala,

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FGM Aus Question Time

Leave African women’s genitals alone?

November 12, 2018 Comments Off on Leave African women’s genitals alone?

This Question Time, broadcast live on 27 August, 2012 from Melbourne, Australia

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Aus trial not Mutilation

Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

September 24, 2018 Comments Off on Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

In Australia, in 2015, three Dawoodi Bohras (a small Shia Muslim sect) were convicted

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