The father of a 10-year-old girl who died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia has defended the practice. Dahir Nur’s daughter died of blood loss on 17 July, two days after being taken to a traditional circumciser. But he told Voice of America (VOA) “people in the area are content” with FGMeven considering the […]

Anew report has revealed the number of people around the world subject to trafficking and exploitation as modern-day slaves. Modern slavery, described by UK prime minister Theresa May as “cruel exploitation”, encompasses both forced labour and forced marriage as well as human trafficking both within and between countries, debt bondage and the sale and exploitation of […]

Arrests and prosecutions alone will not end the problem of FGM, said a police inspector speaking at the National FGM Centre’s annual conference, this week. More preventative work with affected communities is needed in order to end the harmful practice, the audience heard. Inspector Allen Davis, from the Metropolitan Police Service, told the audience: “There […]

Anusha*16 July 2018 I always knew I would be forced to marry somebody I barely knew and didn’t love. In my family, being a woman was all about being somebody else’s property – first you belong to your parents, then your husband. I was an object, expected to wait on men and produce children. It […]

London. Thousands of cases of female genital mutilation have been identified over the past year in Britain, according to data published on Thursday (05/07) that experts said showed the need for stronger action to tackle the illegal practice. More than 6,000 women and girls who visited a doctor, midwife, obstetrician or another public health service […]

Police are warning that culture and tradition are no excuse for ‘honour based’ abuse – after the shock revelation that more than a quarter of reported examples in the last four years happened in Slough. From this week Thames Valley police will be focussing on the issue as part of their ongoing Hidden Harm campaign. […]

Police issue safeguarding order to protect male victim from honour-based abuse A British man who was promised into marriage at five years old has become the first male in South Yorkshire to be granted a forced marriage protection order. The teenage boy and his three younger siblings were all protected from becoming victims of forced […]

New victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Norfolk have been seen by NHS services over the last year. While concentrated on larger cities across England, the new figures surprisingly show that cases are also found in the country’s smaller towns and rural regions. Figures from NHS Digital show that in Norfolk at least three […]

AROUND 60 new victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Bradford have been seen by NHS services over the last year. While concentrated on larger cities across England, new figures show that cases are also found in the country’s smaller towns and rural regions. Only approximate numbers were recorded, to prevent identification of victims. But figures from […]