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Verdict: Female circumcision is not mutilation

Guest Author Published 24 September 2018

In Australia, in 2015, three Dawoodi Bohras (a small Shia Muslim sect) were convicted

Leeds FGM Ruling Jan 2015

Guest Author Published 21 September 2018

IN THE FAMILY COURT Sitting at LEEDS

Laws against FGM and Khafz need to be scrapped

Guest Author Published 26 August 2018

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 Published 18 August 2018

The Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court in New South Wales, last week acquitted

FGM armoury to be strengthened irrespective of need

Bríd Hehir Published 7 August 2018

An ‘extraordinary debate about something that we all care passionately’,

The FGM narrative needs to move beyond prosecution

Guest Author Published 30 April 2018

Communities must be listened to

The Old Bailey ‘FGM’ trial

Guest Author Published 9 April 2018

The Old Bailey trial ended 22 March 2018 in an acquittal.

Review of UK FGM investigations and trials

Guest Author Published 9 April 2018

The role of the criminal justice system in prosecuting allegations of FGM:

Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecution Rates

Bríd Hehir Published 9 February 2018

Parliament UK.

Why the law against FGM should be scrapped

Guest Author Published 15 November 2017

Causing grievous bodily harm, including mutilation,

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