Two million extra cases of FGM likely over next 10 years due to Covid, UN warns
UN leaders say FGM would not be carried out if we had true gender equality https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fgm-rise-coronavirus-lockdown-b1798428.html
‘Do No Harm’: Experiences and Impacts of FGM Safeguarding, Bristol Study
Since the 2014 Girl Summit, the UK government has introduced a swathe of legislative changes and new safeguarding measures to protect girls from Female genital…
UK’s FGM safeguarding policies undermining welfare, study warns
Policies introduced to protect women and girls are alienating African diaspora communities https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/04/female-gential-mutilation-uk-safeguarding-policies-undermining-welfare-study-finds
Kenya Covid-19: Has the pandemic led to an increase in FGM?
Despite multiple accounts of trauma caused by female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Tana River region in Kenya there are concerns it’s on the rise…
Texas woman charged with taking girl abroad for FGM in landmark U.S. case
A Texas woman has been charged with taking a girl abroad to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in the first such case in the United…
Fears honour-based abuse could go undetected due to ‘short-sighted’ government plans to scrap term
‘It’s removal would further undermine the victims of this horrible abuse who are often hidden,’ says victims’ commissioner https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/honour-abuse-fgm-forced-marriage-b1782200.html
Preventing and Responding to FGM in Emergency and Humanitarian Contexts
Between October and November, 76 experts from 44 organisations in 31 countries and from 5 world regions gathered online to participate in multiple virtual stakeholder…
Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’
A British-Iranian academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court in Tehran, his lawyer says. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55300694
Controversial ‘virginity tests’ sold by UK clinics
Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has found. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-55078634
Coronavirus: Concern as FGM reports fall during pandemic
It is feared victims of female genital mutilation in England are not reporting cases because of delays and lockdown closures, charities have told the BBC.…