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How an FGM trial became one about witchcraft
This is the fifth time that FGM has gone to trial in England since 2014.
Read MoreLeave African women’s genitals alone?
This Question Time, broadcast live on 27 August, 2012 from Melbourne, Australia
Read MoreVerdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation
In Australia, in 2015, three Dawoodi Bohras (a small Shia Muslim sect) were convicted
Read MoreLaws against FGM and Khafz need to be scrapped
While I disagree with Dawoodi Bohra’s insisting
Read MoreAustralia court rules Bohra female circumcision not FGM
The Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court in New South Wales, 10 August 2018, acquitted
Read MoreBristol Somalis are not given credit for ending FGM
The Bristol FGM model stereotypes Somalis
Read MoreSafeguarding shouldn’t mean alienating: parents criticise FGM investigations
There’s growing discontent among sections of the Bristol Somali community
Read MoreAnti-FGM investigations ‘discriminatory and undermining’, say parents
Bristol Somali parents feel they are being unfairly targeted
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Allan J Jacobs @globaldiscourse shows how understanding of the anatomy of female/male bodies can contribute to debates about circumcision: anatomical differences make female circumcision dangerous in infancy and male circumcision safest in infancy. bristoluniversitypressdigital…
In this @globaldiscourse essay, @briandavidearp shows how he and Rick Shweder agree on the presence of double standards but depart in their normative conclusions, with Earp rejecting all medically unnecessary medical cutting of children. bristoluniversitypressdigital…
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