Female genital mutilation and the law - Rights of.
Female genital mutilation protection orders. 5B. Duty to notify police of female genital mutilation. 5C. Guidance. 6. Definitions. 7. Consequential provision. 8. Short title, commencement, extent and general saving. SCHEDULE 1. Anonymity of victims. Prohibition on the identification of victims in publications. 1.
A comprehensive MA Dissertation on Female Genital Mutilation (female circumcision), with historical, medical and prevalence notes and an analysis of its occurence in immigrant populations. Female Genital Mutilation. An MA Thesis in Gender, Anthropology and Religion. by Elizabeth Bransfield.
National FGM Support Clinics Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed, but there's no medical reason for this to be done. It's also known as female circumcision or cutting, and by other terms, such as sunna, gudniin, halalays, tahur, megrez and khitan, among others.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal. We're here to support you and have advice to help you keep children and young people safe from FGM. FGM is when a female's genitals are deliberately altered or removed for non-medical reasons. It's also known as 'female circumcision' or 'cutting', but has.
FGM has been a specific criminal offence in the UK since 1985 when the (UK- wide) Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act (“the 1985 Act”) was passed. The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (“the.
FGM has been illegal in the United Kingdom since 1985 but the law was strengthened with the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 by making it a criminal offence for UK nationals to perform or arrange FGM overseas. It also increased the maximum prison sentence from 5 to 14 years and allowed FGM victims to obtain anonymity from the date the allegation is made to last for the victim’s whole life.
For the purposes of this dissertation the term FGM will be used for, as the European Institute for Gender Equality (2013) states, it communicates the severity of the procedures practiced on women and girls3.