by admin_HRWF | May 12, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed the landmark move by Sudan’s transitional government this week to criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), with a three-year jail sentence for offenders. UN News (02.05.2020) –...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 18, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The European Parliament has approved a common resolution on a strategy to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) around the world, tabled by six political groups. ECR Group (12.02.2020) – https://bit.ly/39KtgTQ – Speaking after the...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 6, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
A woman who mutilated her three-year-old daughter has become the first person in the UK to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM). BBC (01.02.2019) – https://bbc.in/2GdZMSK – The 37-year-old mother from east London wept in the dock as...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 6, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Ugandan woman from east London was accused of mutilating daughter in 2017 By Hannah Summers and Rebecca Ratcliffe The Guardian (01.02.2019) – https://bit.ly/2SmcJQT – The mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first person to be found...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 6, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. By Anna Collinson and Jessica Furst BBC (04.02.2019) – https://bbc.in/2RGpRfm – FGM expert and...
