Widespread concerns still exist in relation to discrimination towards women and girls and FGM
Felicity Gerry, Charlotte Proudman, Hoda Ali, Joseph Home, Andrew Rowland
Abstract
It is heartening that the number of children presenting with female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK is less than expected from the estimates.1 This is against a decade of changes to legal frameworks, including introducing FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs) to protect girls and women at risk, alongside educational efforts to increase public awareness by a range of stakeholders. It is possible that FGM is abandoned after migration to the UK1 and that anti-FGM measures need to be proportionate to the empirical evidence of the risk of FGM in the UK. However, there remain widespread concerns connected to discrimination towards women and girls of which FGM is one facet. A criminal conviction …