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Funding to tackle female genital mutilation, an issue championed by former prime minister Theresa May, has been reduced by 84% since 2015 according to new…

Human rights lawyers have launched a scathing attack on the Home Office for failing to grant asylum to an 11-year-old girl found by judges to…

As lockdowns linger and economies falter, girls who are out of school are at increased risk of being cut. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/16/coronavirus-millions-more-girls-risk-fgm  

Criminal charges brought against father, doctor for cutting genitals of three minors under vaccination pretext. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/egyptian-girls-tricked-fgm-covid-19-vaccine-200605051857815.html

Sudan’s new government has banned FGM – female genital mutilation – but this does not mean the practice will disappear overnight. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-52856820/sudan-banned-fgm-what-happens-next

Covid-19 lockdown made children vulnerable to abuses including FGM and child marriage say NGOs, as schools in England prepare to reopen https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/01/many-girls-have-been-cut-how-coronavirus-global-school-closures-left-children-at-risk

Sudan has criminalised carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52502489

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/national-fgm-support-clinics/