The legislation follows continued pressure from child protection groups and United Nations experts, who asked the country to address the matter in 2010. It was one of lowest minimum ages in the European Union, with most members setting it at 16. Spain has raised the minimum marrying age to 16. Today, the average marriage age […]

Heathrow’s border control staff are facing a ‘huge challenge’ to protect girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage during the summer holidays. Border Force officers at London’s biggest airport have been trained to look out for girls who are being taken out of the country to undergo the illegal practice of […]

If you are a teacher or a health worker and you think a girl has been subjected to genital mutilation, you now must report it. The government is going to make it a legal requirement in the coming months, although details of how the new law will be enforced still have to be worked out. […]

The email was made up of just one line: “I need help asap please : (.” It was the first of many messages sent to the forced marriage and honour abuse charity Karma Nirvana from a teenager desperate to escape home. Over the past few months, in snatched one-line messages – “can’t stay at home […]

Jeena International ran a day of events, including a key note speech by police and crime commissioner Anthony Stansfeld on Thursday, July 16, at Singh Sabha Sports Centre in Stoke Poges Lane, Slough. Throughout the afternoon there were talks on forced marriages, female genital mutilation (FGM) and honour based violence to safeguard potential victims. Zina […]

(CNN)According to UNICEF, 30 million women worldwide are likely to endure female genital mutilation (FGM) within the next eight years. And a new report suggests that the problem is widespread in the UK. FGM, or cutting, which is illegal in the UK, is a procedure where the female genital organs are partially or fully removed […]

If you are a teacher or a health worker and you think a girl has been subjected to genital mutilation, you now must report it. The government is going to make it a legal requirement in the coming months, although details of how the new law will be enforced still have to be worked out. A […]

Every year thousands of women suffer from honour based violence with around 12 women killed, all for supposedly compromising their families so called “izzat” (honour). The 14th July is the official day to remember Britain’s lost women, this date commemorates the birth date of Shafilea Ahmed (#RememberShafilea), seventeen years later she was murdered by her […]