The battle to bring Kenya’s warrior children back to school – a photo essay
Shortly after sunrise, three boys step off their motorcycle, pat the dust off their checkered shuka cloths, and enter their family’s boma – an enclosure…
FGM; how healthcare professionals from affected communities are supported
Astrid Fairclough, an NHS programme director from Swanage, Dorset, travelled to Kenya, Egypt, Sierra Leone and Australia to learn how the End FGM projects are…
PATRIARCHAL INSCRIPTIONS female bodies contested, invaded defended & owned
Within a broad spectrum of historical and cross-cultural violence against women, the female body is subjected to patriarchal inscriptions which range from fashion-driven body modifications…
Nimco Ali calls for frank discussion on violence against women in UK
The UK needs a frank conversation about the fear of male violence that women live with every day, according to the government’s new adviser on…
UK’s only centre for eradicating FGM faces closure after funding pulled by government
The UK’s only centre dedicated to stamping out female genital mutilation is facing closure after the government pulled its funding, putting women at fresh risk of harm.…
Funding to stop female genital mutilation reduced by 76 per cent despite hundreds of new cases each month
Funding to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) has been reduced by a “shocking” 76 per cent, triggering accusations that ministers are neglecting its victims. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/funding-female-genital-mutilation-abuse-victims-uk-a9622916.html
Girls put ‘at risk’ as cash to help end FGM in Britain is reduced by 84%
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…
Priti Patel accused of ‘shameful’ bid to deport girl at risk of FGM
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…
Why coronavirus has placed millions more girls at risk of FGM
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
Egyptian girls ‘tricked into FGM’ with COVID-19 vaccine
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