British 16- and 17-year-olds who get into difficulty abroad will no longer have to reimburse the government the costs of their journey home, it has been announced. The Foreign Office previously required people aged 16 and over who found themselves in a vulnerable position to pay for their own repatriation, or issued loans to those […]

Set in the poverty-stricken East End, Call The Midwife has tackled many difficult social topics. And now it is to take on a subject that shocks even the hardy nurses on the show. Tomorrow night, the pre-watershed drama will focus on a heavily pregnant Somali immigrant who is the victim of female genital mutilation. The […]

Actress, director, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie spent Tuesday night in the Cambodian capital, pledging her support for efforts to prosecute the Khmer Rouge crime of forced marriage and those working here to end violence against women. Jolie, a UN special envoy for the rights of refugees, co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative with former British […]

Equality and diversity is the key for pioneering founder of honour based violence project by Alison Bellamy Meet Yasmin Khan, who is the pioneering founder of a forced marriage and honour based violence charity the Halo Project. Yasmin has worked with communities and particularly women, in addressing inequalities in the fields of employment, education and […]

One in four people from BAME communities who struggle with their mental health keep it to themselves because they don’t know anyone that would understand. Of the people we surveyed from BAME communities who said they struggled with their mental health: • 1 in 4 (24%) keep it to themselves because they don’t know anyone […]

Latest NHS figures show that 10 cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) were newly recorded in Lincolnshire in the year 2015/16. Children’s charity NSPCC is calling for more action to stop FGM after it recorded calls at least once a day from people concerned that girls had already suffered or were at risk of harm. […]

On December 28th 2016, a man in Jhelum killed his own wife on the pretext of disrespecting his honour. He was not the first one to do this, nor will he be the last. According to the Honour Based Violence Awareness Network, over 1000 women are killed in Pakistan annually for honour. This begs the […]

The NSPCC has revealed that they get a call every single day from someone worried about female genital mutilation (FGM). They launched their helpline in June 2013. The charity has now revealed that they have been contacted more than 1,500 times, with around a third of concerns serious enough to be referred to police or […]

FGM protection orders (FGMPO) ban those at risk of the practice from being taken outside the UK. While 77 of the orders were granted by courts in England between July 2015 and June 2016, not one was imposed in Wales. The NSPCC, who obtained the data, said FGM had “no place in any society”. Charity […]