A landmark first is going on in the courts of Egypt where a doctor is going to stand trial on charges of female genital mutilation (FGM). The practice, which is often closely linked to religion, is banned in that country, but other disturbing stories have come out of the United States of America that highlight the […]
When it was announced that the UK would be carrying out its first female genital mutilation (FGM) prosecution since the practice was first made illegal in 1985, the decision was widely welcomed as a statement against the socially, medically and legally unacceptable nature of the practice. However, with publicity for the case that is currently […]
