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Exclusive: Policies introduced to protect women and girls are alienating African diaspora communities
The report calls for policies that recognise the role of communities in eliminating FGM. Photograph: Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
The report calls for policies that recognise the role of communities in eliminating FGM. Photograph: Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Thu 4 Feb 2021 02.00 EST
Last modified on Thu 4 Feb 2021 08.19 EST
Safeguarding policies introduced to protect women and girls against female genital mutilation (FGM) are instead eroding trust and alienating African diaspora communities, a study has found.
Current FGM safeguarding measures are undermining the welfare and safety of the women and young girls they seek to protect, with families feeling racially profiled, criminalised and stigmatised, according to the report.
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IMAGE: A research project between the University of Huddersfield and Genesis Biosciences has received funding from the National Biofilms Innovation Centre to understand the form and function of dry biofilms. view more
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A CONCEPT known as dry biofilms has emerged over the past few years and they have shown to frequently harbour potentially infectious organisms, just like the ones present in Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). However, as these biofilms are dry and microscopic, they persist on surfaces and are able to resist harsh chemicals used to disinfect the environment particularly in noncritical areas of hospitals that aren t cleaned as thoroughly or as often.
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VIDEO: Paxman Scalp Cooling Limited and the University of Huddersfield signed a five-year research and collaboration agreement covering the PAXMAN Scalp Cooling Research Centre (PSC), a multi-disciplinary research group based at. view more
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GROUND-BREAKING research from the University of Huddersfield, announced ahead of World Cancer Day 2021, proves that scalp cooling physically protects hair follicles from chemotherapy drugs. It is the world s first piece of biological evidence that explains how scalp cooling actually works and the mechanism behind its protection of the hair follicle.
The study, entitled Cooling-mediated protection from chemotherapy drug-induced cytotoxicity in human keratinocytes by inhibition of cellular drug uptake , has been published in the peer-reviewed journal
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Increasing risk of floods as glaciers recede in Central Andes
A RESEARCHER at the University of Huddersfield has examined the rate at which glaciers have been retreating in the Central Andes and says further monitoring is needed to address the growing risk of ‘Glacial Lake Outburst Floods’ to communities located downstream from the melting glacier lakes.
Dr Ryan Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography from the Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences at the University of Huddersfield and has recently completed a project funded by the UK’s leading public funder of environmental science, the National Environment Research Council.
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IMAGE: Richard III has been held responsible for the murder of his nephews for centuries view more
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King Richard III s involvement in one of the most notorious and emotive mysteries in English history may be a step closer to being confirmed following a new study by Professor Tim Thornton of the University of Huddersfield.
Richard has long been held responsible of the murder of his nephews King Edward V and his brother, Richard, duke of York - dubbed the Princes in the Tower - in a dispute about succession to the throne. The pair were held in the Tower of London, but disappeared from public view in 1483 with Richard taking the blame following his death two years later.