In Cyprus 16 to 17 per cent of the 758 girls under 18 who have come from countries such as Egypt, Sudan, Iraq and Ethiopia are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), it was announced at a press conference in Nicosia on Monday.
More Fida has warned that the removal of criminal sanctions on perpetrators of FGM will water down gains in eradicating the practice.
More Figures from NHS Digital show that in Slough, 55 victims of FGM were seen by doctors, nurses or midwives over the last year.
More The procedure has also found its way to the US.
More A pregnant Somali victim of female genital mutilation who has been languishing on Nauru will be brought to Australia to have an abortion after winning a legal bid against being shipped to Asia for the operation.
More Working to eradicate an illegal practice in Australia gave Warwick refugee advocate Fiori Cruz an insight into clashes between foreign cultures and the law.
More I was just 11 when I was admitted to hospital for a deinfibulation, a procedure which helps divide scar tissue and which saved my life.
More Nyamira County Women Representative Jerusha Momanyi has called on Interior CS Fred Matiang’i to ensure parents in the county who will be found forcing girls to undergo Female Genital Mutilation are arrested and prosecuted.
More Teachers are being urged to stay alert to signs of pupils at-risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) as the so-called “cutting season” approaches.
More The fight against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been fraught with both success and failure, resistance and acceptance.
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