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My London: Nimco Ali Joanna Taylor Where do you go to let your hair down? I used to hang out in The Conduit before it closed down. This city is really walkable, so I’ve been doing lots of walking and hanging around in parks with my friends. What podcasts do you love at the moment? One is called The C-Word, with Lena Dunham. It’s really good because it looks at women throughout history who have been called crazy and digs deep into their experiences. Also Guys We F***ed —...

Date Time UK Government launches call for evidence to improve health and wellbeing of women in England To mark International Women’s Day, the government is launching a 12-week call for evidence to better understand women’s experiences of the health and care system All women are urged to share their experiences to form the basis of a new Women’s Health Strategy The strategy will set an ambitious and positive new agenda to improve health and wellbeing and ensure health services are meeting ...

Hundreds of British girls ‘married off as children each year’ Maya Oppenheim © Provided by The Independent Hundreds of British girls are being “married off” as children each year due to UK law failing to properly protect them, campaigners have warned. Charities said child marriage is often deemed an issue for the developing world but it occurs across the UK, it is just “hidden in plain sight”. Religious marriages which are not formally registered are legally permit...

It is feared victims of FGM are not reporting cases in lockdown. Credit: PA By Digital Presenter and Producer Mojo Abidi Female genital mutilation figures in England are the lowest since records began - but campaigners warn this is not something to celebrate.  It is feared victims of FGM are not reporting cases because of a lack of access to services during NHS data published on Thursday revealed the number of newly recorded cases of women and girls with FGM was 2,880 in 2020 - a fall of near...

3 Min Read CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Egypt arrested a father and a retired nurse on Tuesday for carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on a 15-year-old girl, after announcing plans to toughen the penalty to 20 years. Police made the arrests a day after the crime was reported to the public prosecution by a doctor in a hospital about 35 km northeast of the capital, Cairo, said Sabry Osman, head of a child helpline that supports children subjected to violence. “The surgery was d...

Genital mutilation on rise in Covid-19 constrained in Africa The pandemic has created a perfect storm for proponents of cutting: vulnerable girls stuck at home without teachers’ protection 07 February 2021 - 08:13 Nita Bhalla This photo taken on January 30 2018 shows a warning sign against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Katabok village, northeast Uganda. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/AFP PHOTO/YASUYOSHI CHIBA Nairobi — When Margaret heard the family making plans for her g...

NIMCO ALI I was subjected to FGM on holiday and my teacher didn’t care – no more girls should have to suffer the same violence Comment 6 Feb 2021, 8:00 Updated: 6 Feb 2021, 8:44 I WAS born in Somaliland in East Africa but grew up in the UK. Aged seven, I underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to see relatives in Dijbouti, Africa, over the summer holidays. When I came back to the UK, I told my teacher about the trip, but she told me this “happened to girls like me”. 4...

When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation.

Covid-19 creates fertile ground for rise in female genital mutilation in Africa By Reuters By Nita Bhalla Nairobi - When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation. Her school in rural, western Kenya had been closed for five months due to the pandemic, and with no certainty when classes would resume, Margarets parents decided she should wed. "They wanted me to be cut so I could be ...

Nairobi, February 5  When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation. Her scho