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Aid money does not save girls from FGM

UK Aid does not save girls from FGM

Published 15 August 2023

Recently Nimco Ali wrote a controversial and important piece

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Zero tolerance of Zero Tolerance approach for FGM

Zero Tolerance of Zero Tolerance for FGM

Published 13 February 2023

Sheffield hosted an important but different event on 5th February 2023,

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Is trans surgery just state-sanctioned mutilation?

Is trans surgery just state-sanctioned mutilation?

Published 27 June 2022

Brendan O’Neill spiked’s chief political writer recently published this insightful piece.

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Gender equality in Abrahamic circumcision – why or why not?

Gender equality in Abrahamic circumcision – why or why not?

Published 7 March 2022

A recently published issue of Global Discourse uses Professor Richard Shweders essay

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FGM: a cause célèbre

FGM: Perils of a cause célèbre

Published 25 May 2021

A patronising and draconian response to FGM risks victimising women who have already been abused writes Ella Whelan.

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Policing by midwives

Call the Midwife?

Published 21 April 2021

The nostalgic BBC drama, Call the Midwife, set in London’s east end

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FGM awareness-raising

The feminist fixation on vaginas is getting out of hand.

Put it away, love

Published 3 March 2020

No one could accuse me of not liking vaginas; I’m especially keen on mine writes Julie Burchill.

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Zero tolerance for FGM?

Is Zero Tolerance the best approach for ending FGM?

Published 12 February 2020

On Saturday, 8 February 2020, the recently formed group, Hidden Voices UK,

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Response to Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

Critique of Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

Published 31 January 2020

FGM activists, fronted by Professor Hilary Burrage, recently circulated a manifesto

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