Brexit Will Harm UK Work To End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
I rarely re-post material I’ve already published, but this is an exception. Given the shifts in the UK political landscape over the past week or so, I am pleased that London4Europe has today republished my piece on FGM and Brexit, originally posted by UK in a Changing Europe. Taking a more political position than usual in my work on FGM, I fear the damage Brexit would inflict is already starting to have impact. Intolerance and xenophobia are features of the UK’s current socio-political turmoil, and this cannot help us in seeking to protect the most vulnerable in our communities.
Here is the piece as it has now been republished:
UK would lose access to EU protective networks
Consultant sociologist and campaigner against FGM Hilary Burrage writes: Brexit would take the UK out of various international legal frameworks and research and protective networks across Europe intended to reduce the risk of damage to vulnerable people including refugees, migrants and girls at risk of violence. We stand to lose access to the European Arrest Warrant, for example. Moreover, a hardening of attitudes in the UK against human rights might lead to less domestic protection and more families being sent away to countries where there is a risk of FGM. (This article appeared first on UK in a Changing Europe.)
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Books by Hilary Burrage on female genital mutilation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-2740
Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation: A UK Perspective (Hilary Burrage, Ashgate / Routledge 2015).
Full contents and reviews HERE.
FEMALE MUTILATION: The truth behind the horrifying global practice of female genital mutilation (Hilary Burrage, New Holland Publishers 2016).
Full contents and reviews HERE.
FGM: INFORMATION AND ACTION
There is a free FGM hotline for anyone in the UK: 0800 028 3550, or email: fgmhelp@nspcc.org.uk
Details of NHS Specialist Services for FGM here.
More info and posts on FGM here.
Activists, service providers and researchers may like to join the LinkedIn group Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Information, reports and research, which has several hundred members from around the world.
The (free) #NoFGM Daily News carries reports of all items shared on Twitter that day about FGM – brings many organisations and developments into focus.
Also available to follow at no cost or obligation is the #NoFGM_USA Daily News.
Twitter accounts: @NoFGM_UK @NoFGMBookUK @FemaleMutlnBook @FGMStatement @NoFGM_USA @NoFGM_Kenya @NoFGM_France @GuardianEndFGM [tag for all: #NoFGM] and @StopMGM.
Facebook page: #NoFGM – a crime against humanity
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