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26/06/2018 EIGE FGM Data Report: Girls at risk in CyprusIn 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.
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26/06/2018 Dr Tatu Kamau must lose case to legalise FGMFida has warned that the removal of criminal sanctions on perpetrators of FGM will water down gains in eradicating the practice.
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26/06/2018 Over 50 victims of FGM recorded throughout SloughFigures from NHS Digital show that in Slough, 55 victims of FGM were seen by doctors, nurses or midwives over the last year.
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26/06/2018 FGM is a procedure done on very young girls in the Middle East and Africa.The procedure has also found its way to the US.
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22/06/2018 Genital mutilation victim on Nauru for five years wins bid to have abortion in AustraliaA 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.
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22/06/2018 Educating against illegal practice sparks refugee advocacyWorking to eradicate an illegal practice in Australia gave Warwick refugee advocate Fiori Cruz an insight into clashes between foreign cultures and the law.
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22/06/2018 The new FGM clinic is welcome but GPs must help as wellI was just 11 when I was admitted to hospital for a deinfibulation, a procedure which helps divide scar tissue and which saved my life.
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21/06/2018 Jubilee MP pleads with Matiang’iNyamira 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.
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21/06/2018 Schools urged to be on FGM alert as ‘cutting season’ nearsTeachers 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.
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20/06/2018 How outlawing female genital mutilation in Kenya has driven it underground and led to its medicalizationThe fight against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has been fraught with both success and failure, resistance and acceptance.
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