UK Somalis ‘racially profiled’ over FGM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51064309
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Launch of new FGM Support Clinics by NHS England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49677983? https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/national-fgm-support-clinics/
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Britain claims it protects girls from FGM. So why are we deporting them?
Today the family division of the high court ruled that it has no power to stop the home secretary from deporting a vulnerable girl at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) to Bahrain or Sudan. Read the full article on The Guardian
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Travel ban on Hertfordshire child ‘at risk of FGM’ relaxed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49109082
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NHS acute trusts and care trusts: letter on female genital mutilation (FGM) prevalence dataset
Letter to chief executives and nursing directors of NHS acute trusts and care trusts detailing the female genital mutilation (FGM) prevalence dataset. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-acute-trusts-and-care-trusts-chief-executives-and-nursing-directors-letter-on-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-prevalence-dataset
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Doctors and nurses required to report FGM to police
From 31 October, healthcare professionals must alert the police if they treat a girl under 18 who has had female genital mutilation (FGM). https://www.gov.uk/government/news/doctors-and-nurses-required-to-report-fgm-to-police
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Clit Rock: ‘We don’t get together every few months and cry for five hours’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/31/clit-rock-we-dont-get-together-every-few-months-and-cry-for-five-hours
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Christopher Chope’s objection to FGM laws is a cruel affront to survivors like me
The earliest law that was put in place to tackle FGM in the UK was the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, which was replaced by the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/christopher-chope-vote-fgm-female-genital-mutilation-law-objection-survivors-a8771161.html
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FGM: Mother guilty of genital mutilation of daughter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47094707
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Mother of three-year-old is first person convicted of FGM in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/01/fgm-mother-of-three-year-old-first-person-convicted-in-uk
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