The Latest Breaking News from FGM

OPINION - A first FGM conviction is great, but we must fight on to end this torture entirely

Last week a woman was found guilty of taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor was convicted at the Old Bailey of assisting a non-UK person to carry out the procedure overseas 17 years ago. This landmark conviction, the first of its kind…

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023

Legal first as woman guilty of aiding FGM of British girl abroad

The crime only came to light years later when the girl was aged 16 and confided in her English teacher at school.

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

OPINION - Never in my fight against FGM have I seen a penny of UK aid money save one girl

Last week, after an equality impact assessment was made public, ministers said that aid cuts would impact millions of women and girls in Africa. I am here to tell you that is not true. I am on the frontline of the work the Foreign Office says it funds and I…

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023