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 Comments Off

Well-meaning laws, nodded through without scrutiny,

Thoughts on the Old Bailey FGM case

Guest Author February 14, 2019 Comments Off

By Barbara Hewson, Barrister

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, 10 August 2018, 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

Alienating parents through FGM safeguarding

Safeguarding shouldn’t mean alienating: parents criticise FGM investigations

Guest Author June 12, 2018 Comments Off

There’s growing discontent among sections of the Bristol Somali community

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@bbclaurak And add to this number the myriad of small, local, self-organised groups set up before the NHS initiative, who are offering help and support to neighbours and communities.

@decent_doge @instofideas @Ella_M_Whelan @Fox_Claire @MaximumCities @jacobreynolds @LovattMo @GeoffKidder Me too.

This piece depicts in gruesome detail how tough it is in Italy for patients and their families and how the dead are disposed of. twitter.com/laurac2605/sta…

Hopefully @MattHancock will use some of his time in isolation to reconsider this important request. twitter.com/bpas1968/statu…

@teach_smith You’re obviously getting there. Keep the faith!!

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