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Culture and Faith question guide for professionals

This question guide can be used by multi-agency professionals to explore culture, faith, or belief with families within a holistic assessment of risk in any case of child protection.

It is important to make consideration to an individual and family’s home context as child-rearing beliefs and practices have strong associations with an individual’s culture, faith or belief, socioeconomic status, and immigration background. In order to understand a family holistically, it is important to consider parenting practices, and the ways in which culture, faith or belief has influenced an individual’s parenting. One way to do this is to ask families about their backgrounds.

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 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.

FGM Guidance for Schools

The purpose of this guidance is to equip professionals in education settings to respond to concerns regarding girls at risk of FGM. Within this document, you will find:

General information on FGM & the law
FGM risk indicators
Requirements of the RSE guidance regarding FGM
How to explore concerns with children and parents/carers
A resource on how to explore concerns and make referrals to children’s social care

Estimation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the European Union

With this third study on FGM, EIGE is building upon previous work to complete the picture of the prevalence of FGM in Belgium, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus and Malta.

The research captures the impact of migration on FGM in the European Union and gives essential insights into the factors motivating or discouraging the practice. While EIGE might observe changes in attitudes and differences in the types of FGM performed, the underlying cause, rooted in gender inequality, too often remains deeply embedded in societies.

R v N (Female Genital Mutilation) Sentencing Remarks of Mrs Justice Whipple

THE HON. MRS JUSTICE WHIPPLE DBE In the Central Criminal Court R v N (Female Genital Mutilation) Sentencing Remarks of Mrs Justice Whipple 8 March 2019. Including information on the first FGM Conviction in the UK and case information. The mother was sentenced for 13 years in total (11 years for FGM).