A domestic abuse victim whose daughter faces genital mutilation if deported has yet to receive answers from the UK Government, MPs have heard. The SNP’s Hannah Bardell raised the case
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The national centre which has been tasked with wiping out the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is in jeopardy, it has been claimed. The National FGM Centre, which
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Theresa May has been urged to intervene to stop a domestic abuse victim’s family being deported, amid genital mutilation fears for the woman’s daughter. SNP MP Hannah Bardell described the
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Children’s charity Barnardo’s is advising care professionals, including teachers, to be aware of the signs a girl may be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) as ‘cutting season’
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Emilia Fox and Emily Watson are among the female celebrities voicing their commitment to women’s rights in a powerful new film for ActionAid. Charlie Webster, Lucy Rose, Frances Barber, Tanya
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Child protection experts are receiving a report about possible female genital mutilation every day, new figures reveal. An NSPCC helpline logged 1,564 contacts about girls who may have suffered or
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A case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is either discovered or treated at a medical appointment in England every hour, according to analysis of NHS statistics by a charity. Between
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More than £2 million is to be shared between projects which are trying to help children who may face domestic violence, female genital mutilation and radicalisation. The Department of Education
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So-called honour-based violence and forced marriage offences are increasingly being perpetrated online, police and prosecutors have warned. The trend was highlighted as the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and National Police
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The failure to secure a single conviction for female genital mutilation (FGM) has been condemned as “lamentable” by a Commons committee. MPs warned the practice was a “hidden crime” which
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