Tag Archives: Great Britain

London GP is cleared of practising female genital mutilation

BMJ. 2014 Apr 15;348:g2807. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2807. London GP is cleared of practising female genital mutilation. Dyer C. EXTRACT A London GP who removed almost all of the labia minora of a patient during cosmetic surgery has been cleared of practising female genital mutilation by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. Sureshkumar Pandya performed labiaplasty in MarchContinue reading “London GP is cleared of practising female genital mutilation”

Doctors are key to securing the UK’s first conviction for female genital mutilation, say campaigners.

BMJ. 2013 Nov 5;347:f6672. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6672. Doctors are key to securing the UK’s first conviction for female genital mutilation, say campaigners. Hives-Wood S. EXTRACT Doctors who find evidence of female genital mutilation (FGM) should treat it as a crime and report it to police, a coalition of health organisations has recommended. The coalition said thatContinue reading “Doctors are key to securing the UK’s first conviction for female genital mutilation, say campaigners.”

Ending female genital mutilation in the UK

Lancet. 2013 Nov 16;382(9905):1610. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62353-3. Ending female genital mutilation in the UK. [No authors listed] EXTRACT “Four women held me down. I felt every single cut. I was screaming so much I just blacked out.” So wrote Leyla Hussein in The Guardian last week about her experience of female genital mutilation (FGM). About 140 million girlsContinue reading “Ending female genital mutilation in the UK”

Tackling female genital mutilation in the UK.

BMJ. 2013 Dec 4;347:f7150. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7150. Tackling female genital mutilation in the UK. Creighton SM, Liao LM. EXTRACT As a result of the diaspora of communities that practise female genital mutilation, many more women are now living with genital mutilation in the United Kingdom, and many more girls are at risk. The campaign to endContinue reading “Tackling female genital mutilation in the UK.”

FGM: a hidden crime.

Community Pract. 2013 Dec;86(12):22-3. FGM: a hidden crime. Naughton L. ABSTRACT A new report into female genital mutilation (FGM) highlights that, despite the barbaric practice being illegal in the U.K., not one single person has been held to account for their involvement in the act. There is no LINK to access this article online.

Female genital mutilation: a literature review.

Nurs Stand. 2013 Sep 4-10;28(1):41-7. doi: 10.7748/ns2013.09.28.1.41.e7750. Female genital mutilation: a literature review. Terry L, Harris K. Faculty of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, UK. terrylm@lsbu.ac.uk ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice involving the removal or alteration of parts of the female genitalia for non-therapeutic reasons. It may beContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: a literature review.”

First UK prosecution for female genital mutilation moves a step closer.

BMJ. 2013 May 8;346:f2981. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2981.  First UK prosecution for female genital mutilation moves a step closer. Torjesen I. EXTRACT The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is examining five cases of alleged female genital mutilation as part of its effort to try to finally bring the first successful prosecution for the offence in the United Kingdom.Continue reading “First UK prosecution for female genital mutilation moves a step closer.”

Cosmetic genitoplasty: It’s female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted.

BMJ. 2007 Jun 30;334(7608):1335. Cosmetic genitoplasty: It’s female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted. Berer M. Comment on BMJ. 2007 May 26;334(7603):1090-2. EXTRACT Liao and Creighton ask how healthcare providers in the United Kingdom should respond to requests for “genitoplasty,”1 or what two UK websites call “labial reduction” and “female genital reshaping.”2 3 This procedure, which entails “theContinue reading “Cosmetic genitoplasty: It’s female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted.”

Maternal deaths and vulnerable migrants.

Lancet. 2008 Mar 15;371(9616):879-81. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60393-1. Maternal deaths and vulnerable migrants. Bragg R. Reaching Out Project, Medact, London N1 6HT, UK. rosbragg@medact.org EXTRACT Media coverage of the recent UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) report focused on the risks associated with obesity, but largely ignored the findings about vulnerable migrants. Maternal mortality isContinue reading “Maternal deaths and vulnerable migrants.”