Advocating for access to Reconstruction Surgery with Emotional support for FGM survivors in the UK
ACERS-UK For our listening event in September 2024, we had a wonderful turnout, of more than 80 attendees (all women apart from 3 men) and…
Next steps in our campaign to set up FGM reconstruction surgery in the UK
An afternoon of DISCUSSION**FOOD**DRINK** AND** MUSIC On Tuesday 17th September 5-8pm at The Invention Rooms, Stadium House, 68 Wood Lane, London W12 7TA(a 1 minute walk from White…
‘Why didn’t my mother prevent it?’: healing the generational trauma of FGM
‘Why didn’t my mother prevent it?’: healing the generational trauma of FGMArt and counselling are helping women and girls in Kenya to process anger and…
ACERS-UK Delegates Observe Reconstruction Surgery Procedure at Dr. Pierre Foldes Clinic in France
In April 2024, a small delegation from ACERS UK project, consisting of a midwife (Juliet Albert), a consultant urogynaecologist (Dalia Saidan), and a plastic surgeon…
First FGM Surgery Masterclass held in Geneva, 16th & 17th February, 2024
Representatives from the UK’s ACERS-UK project (Advocating Research into Clitoral Reconstruction Surgery and Emotional Support for FGM Survivors), Juliet Albert (FGM Specialist Midwife, The Sunflower…
ACERS-UK launches a Parliamentary Petition on International Women’s Day: Advocating for research into Clitoral Reconstruction and psychosexual and Emotional Support for FGM survivors
In celebration of International Women’s Day, on March 8th, 2024, the ACERS-UK project is launching a parliamentary petition. ACERS-UK is a voluntary collective of FGM…
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…
Zero Tolerance to FGM Day – 6th February 2024
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…
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset Consultation
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…
Woman convicted of taking British girl, three, for female genital mutilation in Kenya
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