International Women’s Day – March 8th 2024
To celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8th the ACERSUK project (Advocating Access to Clitoral reconstruction surgery and Emotional support for FGM Survivors within a Research…
To celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8th the ACERSUK project (Advocating Access to Clitoral reconstruction surgery and Emotional support for FGM Survivors within a Research…
We recently celebrated Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Day by hosting a national stakeholder event! Our conversations revolved around an issue that is…
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has commissioned NHS England to carry out a review of the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset. The…
Amina Noor, 39, found guilty of assisting another person to carry out FGM, in first conviction of its kind. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/26/woman-found-guilty-taking-british-girl-3-kenya-female-genital-mutilation
At least 137,000 women in the UK live with the painful and traumatic consequences of cutting, but there is no provision for reconstructive surgery https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/21/how-the-nhs-is-failing-fgm-survivors?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Violence against Women & Girls in the Carer’s Context Date: Thursday 23rd November 2023 Time: 10:00am- 15:30pm The NHS England London Safeguarding Team are hosting…
More than a dozen victims of female genital mutilation were seen by NHS services in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes in the year to March,…
Like 95 per cent of women in her Ugandan community, Margaret Chepoteltel underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) as a child, subjecting her to lifelong health…
Outspoken Egyptian feminist, writer and campaigner who fought against patriarchy and poverty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/22/nawal-el-saadawi-obituary
Kenya’s high court refused to allow female circumcision for consenting adults, saying the practice does not have health benefits. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/kenyan-court-upholds-ban-on-female-genital-mutiliation
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