{"id":1463,"date":"2018-01-29T10:49:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T10:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2021-12-01T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T15:50:14","slug":"play-about-fgm-tours-secondary-schools-to-raise-awareness-of-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/play-about-fgm-tours-secondary-schools-to-raise-awareness-of-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Play about FGM tours secondary schools to raise awareness of issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Play about FGM tours secondary schools to raise awareness of issue<\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-footer-meta\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/author\/samking\/\"><span class=\"vcard author\"><span class=\"fn\">Samantha Lauren King<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-footer-date date updated\">| 10:00, Jan 28, 2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-footer-link\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-footer-count-none\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>A critically acclaimed play about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain is touring secondary schools to educate pupils on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The play Cuttin\u2019It tells the story of two British-Somali teenage girls who have both experienced FGM, and will visit schools in London and Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Each school visit includes a pre-show workshop and a post-show Q&amp;A with year 9 and 10 pupils exploring the law surrounding FGM, the different types, and the impact on health, all led by Young Court, the inclusive programme arm of the Royal Court Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Young Court staff received training from Solace Women\u2019s Aid and Louise Williams, a clinical nurse specialist at the women\u2019s division of University College Hospital, in order to prepare for the sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing theatre as a tool has been an exciting way to engage young people in a topic that can sometimes feel inaccessible,\u201d said Ellie Fulcher, one of the organisers. \u201cThe work is essential in teaching young people about the female body, exploring gender stereotypes and external pressures in their lives as well as learning about FGM.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play about FGM tours secondary schools to raise awareness of issue Samantha Lauren King | 10:00, Jan 28, 2018 A critically acclaimed play about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain is touring secondary schools to educate pupils on the issue. The play Cuttin\u2019It tells the story of two British-Somali teenage girls who have both experienced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[420],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fgm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}