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Why we should be concerned about UK FGM laws
My paper, Why we should be concerned about UK female genital mutilation laws
Read MoreThe prosecution of Dawoodi Bohra women: some reasonable doubts
Two court cases in 2019 involving Dawoodi Bohras (a Shia Muslim sect),
Read MoreThe low horizons of the anti-FGM industry
The obsession with FGM which considers recipients little more than victims of violence with mutilated genitals
Read MoreNo, we don’t need an FGM Commissioner
Straw-dog arguments largely informed two papers promoting the need for an FGM Commissioner.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day celebrated differently
The charity WorldwriteWorldbytes celebrated International Women’s Day 2018 differently
Read MoreBarnardo’s sows suspicion of child abuse linked to faith and belief
Lockdown, we are told, is a dangerous time for children and families.
Read MoreWe need to understand FGM history to deal with it
Sara Mire’s recent opinion piece entitled ‘We won’t eradicate FGM if we keep misunderstanding its history’
Read MoreGender reassignment: the West’s answer to FGM?
Puberty blockers. Breast binding. Gender reassignment surgery. We are submitting women and girls to a cruel experiment says Dr Sarah Ingham.
Read MoreCardiff Somalis perplexed by FGM obsession
More than 70 feisty, vocal women, predominantly of Somali heritage,
Read MoreOperation Limelight uncritically awarded for FGM work
A joint operation between police and Border Forces has been highly commended, not criticised,
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Mutilation is OK - if carried out in the name of transgenderism. shiftingsands.org.uk/is-trans…
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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…
Here, Drs Ahmadu and Kamau analyse the paradox of the treatment of @FGC in #Kenyan law, in which legislation appears to privilege gender-confirming surgery in a cultural context with less fluid gender norms. ingentaconnect.com/content/bu…