There were ten recorded cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Hertfordshire in the first three months of this year. FGM, which is particularly prevalent among African, Asian and Middle Eastern communities, is the cultural practice of female circumcision, which can have serious, life-changing consequences and event results in deaths. The latest NHS data reveals […]

Court orders are being sought to protect Sheffield girls due to be sent abroad and forced to marry men they have never met, where rape, pregnancy and servitude will become a way of life Ancient family traditions are being thrust upon Sheffield girls, who are being sent abroad against their wishes or naively unaware of […]

Twenty new cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been reported in Nottingham – with the majority of the procedures being carried out on victims under the age of four. New figures published by NHS Digital on Tuesday (June 6) show that the new cases were recorded between January and March this year. All 20 […]

Sara Tasneem was 15 years old when she was married off to a 28-year old stranger. Her parents were divorced, and her deeply conservative father was a member of a Muslim sect in California. When she went to visit him during high school, “He told me I was going to have to get married and […]

The Gambia Committee on Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP) recently embarked on series of community outreach on thematic issues relating to Female Genital Mutilation Laws enacted in 2015. The community awareness forums were held in Lower Nuimi, Upper Nuimi and Jokadou districts, all in the North Bank Region. Funded […]

In February, federal investigators uncovered a Michigan-based network of doctors and others who practice female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls as young as six at medical clinics in the state. FGM is the cutting of a girl’s genitalia with the aim to “purify” her and repress her sexuality. All defendants in the case are members of […]

Police are probing almost 200 cases of sexual exploitation in West Yorkshire amid fears of ‘another Rochdale’. Officers in West Yorkshire Police’s Bradford District have 179 crimes where child sexual offences are a factor on their desks. The area takes in the small mill town of Keighley – described as the nation’s ‘capital’ of child […]

The Forced Marriage Protection Orders for two girls, aged 15 and 17, were issued in Sheffield after South Yorkshire Police presented evidence suggesting the teens were at risk of being forced to marry against their will. Under the orders it is illegal for the girls to be forced to marry or to be taken out […]

Scenes in the BBC’s new three part drama ‘Three Girls’, which is based on the true stories of victims of grooming and sexual abuse in Rochdale, will have been heart-breaking and harrowing for viewers to watch when it aired. But the harsh reality is that we need programmes like this to be made if we […]