Guest Author, Author at FGM/C Shifting Sands

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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

Anti-FGM investigations ‘discriminatory and undermining’, say parents

Guest Author June 7, 2018 Comments Off

Bristol Somali parents feel they are being unfairly targeted

Myths and Facts on Female Circumcision

Guest Author June 4, 2018 Comments Off

The website, Female Circumcision, wades into this fraught field in an attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Circumcision is OK for boys but not girls?

Male circumcision is celebrated while female is illegal

Guest Author May 17, 2018 Comments Off

Jewish and Muslim communities are braced for the impact of a landmark ruling

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