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The facts Articles

FGM: charges and prosecutions

FGM: charges and prosecutions 2018-2022

Published 17 October 2023

FOI request: ‘I am writing to make an information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following data from January 2018 up to and including December 2022, with the data broken down for each calendar year.’

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The NHS should not adopt One FGM Question

The NHS should not adopt One (FGM) Question

Published 18 September 2023

Nursing Times ran a survey in July and August 2023 in partnership with an FGM charity, The Vavengers.

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FGM trial Ireland

Ireland and FGM

Published 19 July 2023

Ireland’s first conviction for FGM is being retried

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FGM in England continues to be genital piercings

Adult genital piercings are still reported as FGM

Published 3 July 2023

Contrary to popular opinion, women who’ve had genital piercings, voluntarily, as adults, in the UK, are reported by the NHS to have undergone FGM.

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Fifteen year old case of FGM to be tried

Tens of thousands of UK girls not at risk of FGM

The anti-FGM campaign -Islington

The dangers of the anti-FGM campaign

Published 13 March 2021

In the London borough of Islington last month, the police

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Historic FGM only seen in under 16's

New advisor missed opportunity to celebrate FGM decline UK

Published 13 October 2020

The International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC), October 11,

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Zero Tolerance to engagement about FGM manifesto

Zero Tolerance to engagement about FGM manifesto

Published 6 February 2020

Action:FGM, ‘a coalition of organisations that are working to end FGM

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The NHS reports genital piercings as FGM

Genital piercings are the UK’s ‘FGM’

Published 1 August 2019

Sensationalist headlines that followed the publication of official NHS FGM data

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