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Zero Tolerance to engagement about FGM manifesto

Bríd Hehir Published 6 February 2020

Action:FGM,‘a coalition of organisations that are working to end FGM and other harmful practices that undermine the well-being of women and girls’ recently circulated a manifesto asking for endorsements.

The NHS reports genital piercings as FGM

Genital piercings are the UK’s ‘FGM’

Bríd Hehir Published 1 August 2019

Sensationalist headlines that followed the publication of official NHS FGM data

NHS FGM Prevention Programme needs evaluating

Bríd Hehir Published 7 June 2019

The Department of Health and NHS England’s FGM Prevention Programme urgently needs evaluating

FGM data is misinterpreted and misunderstood

Bríd Hehir Published 5 March 2019

A recent Committee of cross-party MPs discussed the need

FGM figures have decreased not increased

Bríd Hehir Published 10 December 2018

‘Female genital mutilation cases more than double in a year in UK’ reported a Guardian headline, incorrectly, 30 November 2018.

The Lords should challenge, not indulge, FGM rhetoric

Bríd Hehir Published 1 October 2018

The FGM discussion in the House of Lords in July 2018

Professionals not making enough FGM referrals

Police blame professionals for few FGM referrals

Bríd Hehir Published 14 July 2018

That FGM is still being carried out in the UK falsely informed most presenters’ outlook

Damaging FGM propaganda from Barnardo’s and NSPCC

Bríd Hehir Published 21 June 2018

To survive, charities need to be seen to be trustworthy and relevant.

Myths and Facts on Female Circumcision

Guest Author Published 4 June 2018

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

How effective is Scotland’s funded FGM related work?

Guest Author Published 16 April 2018

The Scottish government spends £2,200,000 on FGM related work

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