Guest Author, Author at FGM/C Shifting Sands

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Hidden Voices: The importance of ethnography in FGM storytelling

Sara Johnsdotter

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

In defence of Christopher Chope

Guest Author February 14, 2019 No Comments

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny, can have terrible consequences.

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

Guest Author February 14, 2019 No Comments

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

Campaigners and politicians have made much of the recent conviction

How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft

Guest Author February 10, 2019 No Comments

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

FGC and the cultural boundaries of medical practice

Guest Author December 5, 2018 Comments Off

In April 2017, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala,

Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

Guest Author September 24, 2018 Comments Off

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

Laws against FGM and Khafz need to be scrapped

Guest Author August 26, 2018 Comments Off

While I disagree with Dawoodi Bohra’s insisting

Bohras believe that Khafz should not be categorized as FGM

Australia court rules Bohra female circumcision not FGM

Guest Author August 18, 2018 Comments Off

The Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court in New South Wales, last week acquitted

Bristol FGM model stereotypes immigrants

Bristol Somalis are not given credit for ending FGM

Guest Author July 25, 2018 Comments Off

The Bristol FGM model stereotypes Somalis

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@MichaelBerkele2 @NimkoAli @ChrisJames_90 @carriesymonds @ZacGoldsmith @PennyMordaunt @cj_dinenage @claireperrymp @jessphillips @JohnnyMercerUK @sajidjavid Maddison lists ONE court case that Social Services (unusually) was not involved with? That’s a child protection not a legal problem. This PMB encourages views my FGM as ‘exceptional’ in safeguarding which is arguably racist and will lead to further stigmatisation.

@NimkoAli @ChrisJames_90 @carriesymonds @ZacGoldsmith @PennyMordaunt @cj_dinenage @MichaelBerkele2 @claireperrymp @jessphillips @JohnnyMercerUK @sajidjavid Please read these and consider whether there really is a need for more laws. bmj.com/content/364/bm…. And this google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…

@FinancialTimes @ClareGerada But they're all Remainers and have joined yesterday's eight (from Labour) united against Brexit. That's not the kind of caring I'd loose sleep over.

@EveningStandard removed my comment questioning @ShaunBaileyUK & @NimkoAli's proposal to establish a register of girls 'at risk' of FGM. I suggested it might be racist. Wonder how long today's comment will last? standard.co.uk/news/london/to…

@EveningStandard obvs disliked my published comment in response to @ShaunBaileyUK that a register was needed for girls 'at risk' of #FGM and removed it. Why? Is his blatantly racist suggestion really that unquestionable and unchallengeable? standard.co.uk/news/london/to…

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