FGM/C Shifting Sands

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Research needed into reconstructive surgeries following female circumcision

Research into reconstructive surgeries post female circumcision/FGM needed

Published 30 July 2024

Now that the decade plus propaganda hype in regard to ‘an FGM epidemic’ in the UK

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The state funded FGM industry should be discontinued

Time to decriminalise FGM and end funding the industry

Published 23 June 2020

Barnardo’s Children’s Charity and the Local Government Association who jointly run The National FGM Centre, seem happiest

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APPG on PDRH

Contributions to APPG on PDRH – FGM

Published 9 March 2020

The year’s first APPG on PDRH (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health)

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FGM laws

Working with the FGM laws: challenges and opportunities 

Published 13 April 2019

Professionals could learn a lot from communities about FGM.

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FGM stuck in a rut

FGM: People have moved on. Why don’t campaigners?

Published 4 March 2019

Although families and communities who may have or used to practice FGM have moved on,

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Ethnography and FGM storytelling

Hidden Voices: The importance of ethnography in FGM storytelling

Published 20 February 2019

Sara Johnsdotter 

An extraordinary meeting was held in London on 15 February 2019.

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Scrap Operation Limelight

Operation Limelight must be scrapped

Published 11 September 2018

Despite that officials consider the overall impact of Operation Limelight limited,

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Parental rights and child circumcision

Female Circumcision: Consent and Parental Rights

Published 21 February 2018

Parents’ rights to consent for their children

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FGM/FC: A civilising mission?

FGM and freedom