Dr Dharmasena

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FGM law is marred with sexism and racism

FGM legislation is too weak and too strong?

Bríd Hehir Published 19 January 2017

An interesting and timely paper by Dr Arianne Shahvisi
was published recently.

Junior doctor treated as a criminal for doing his job

Guest Author Published 13 August 2015

How can we eradicate fear in the NHS

FGM prosecutions and the question nobody dares to ask

Guest Author Published 28 July 2015

The acquittal of Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena yesterday

Acquittals in the FGM case: justice was done, but what now?

Guest Author Published 13 June 2015

This was a case that should never have been allowed to happen.

The FGM showtrial: this case should never have come to court

Bríd Hehir Published 11 June 2015

On Feb 4th 2015, a jury in the UK found

FGM/C panic has prompted a witch-hunt

Bríd Hehir Published 11 June 2015

In this Institute of Ideas podcast,

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…

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