These guidelines provide recommendations for psychological therapists and counsellors working with women who have undergone female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C). They are designed to facilitate therapy with adult women and not children.
Document Type: FGM
Listening and learning: discussions with women affected by female genital mutilation (FGM)
The FGM Sister Study is one of the UK’s largest qualitative studies exploring the views of FGM survivors, male partners and healthcare professionals on the timing of deinfibulation (opening) surgery and NHS FGM service provision. This is a report of two discussion groups facilitated by the National FGM Centre (NFGMC) in November and December 2019. A total of ten women affected by female genital mutilation (FGM) and who had experience of FGM in their community took part in the discussions. The report is part of a wider piece of research by the University of Birmingham on the timing of deinfibulation (opening) surgery and the FGM care received from the National Health Service (NHS).
The FGM Sister Study
The FGM Sister Study is one of the UK’s largest qualitative studies exploring the views of FGM survivors, male partners and healthcare professionals on the timing of deinfibulation (opening) surgery and NHS FGM service provision.
The FGM Sister Study is a partnership between the University of Birmingham, the National FGM Centre, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
This report is based on part of the research, which focused on a national stakeholder event held in London on the 23rd January 2020. This National Stakeholder event marked the culmination of 2 1?2 years of positive research collaboration between the National FGM Centre and the core research partners.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call for a Global Response, End FGM EU Network
This report shines a spotlight on the presence of FGM/C in over 90 countries around the world. It highlights the need to act to end FGM/C without delay. It is a clarion call from survivors of FGM/C across cultures, communities, and countries to governments, the international community, and donors to recognize FGM/C as a global issue, requiring urgent global attention. Each of these women was cut. Now they are breaking the cycle of tradition and patriarchy by speaking out against FGM/C or sharing their experiences of being cut.