Tag: Dr Dharmasena
FGM legislation is too weak and too strong?
An interesting and timely paper by Dr Arianne Shahvisi
was published recently.
Junior doctor treated as a criminal for doing his job
How can we eradicate fear in the NHS
Read MoreAcquittals in the FGM case: justice was done, but what now?
This was a case that should never have been allowed to happen.
Read MoreThe FGM showtrial: this case should never have come to court
On Feb 4th 2015, a jury in the UK found
Read MoreFGM/C panic has prompted a witch-hunt
In this Institute of Ideas podcast,
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Recent Tweets by @ShiftingSandFGC
Mutilation is OK - if carried out in the name of transgenderism. shiftingsands.org.uk/is-trans…
@MaryKenny4 @AnnFuredi I thought @AnnFuredi addressed that point well in this podcast. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0…
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…