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National FGM Centre Community Consultation: Barnet Harmful Practices Strategy

The National FGM Centre was commissioned by Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership to obtain community member’s views and attitudes about a range of harmful practices. The data collection method involved the use of focus groups. Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership’s plan is to use the findings of the focus groups to inform their violence against women and girls strategy. Therefore this report gives voice to the participants and by extension communities. It should be viewed as a starting point to build on developing pathways for change.

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.

Community Consultation on Harmful Practices (Barnet)

The National FGM Centre was commissioned by Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership to obtain community member’s views and attitudes about a range of harmful practices. This report features the findings.