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. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fgm-centre-closure-uk-government-pull-funding-a9636206.html
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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
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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 figures that suggest her successor Boris Johnson has changed priorities. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/19/girls-put-at-risk-as-cash-to-help-end-fgm-in-britain-is-reduced-by-84
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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 be at high risk of female genital mutilation if removed from Britain. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/03/priti-patel-accused-of-shameful-bid-to-deport-girl-at-risk-of-fgm
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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
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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
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Sudan banned FGM – what happens next?
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
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‘Many girls have been cut’: how global school closures left children at risk
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
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Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation (FGM)
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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FGM: Dublin couple jailed over genital mutilation of daughter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51268169
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