Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva. The prevalence of FGM varies worldwide,but is majorly present in some countries of Africa,Asia and the Middle East,and within their diasporas. As of 2024,UNICEF estimates that worldwide 230 million girls and women had been subjected to one or more types of FGM.
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) (2000–2012) was the local police authority responsible for scrutinising and supporting the work of the Metropolitan Police Service,the police force for Greater London.
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on February 6 as part of the UN's efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation. It was first introduced in 2003.
Jane Elizabeth Ellison is a British United Nations official and former politician. A member of the Conservative Party,she was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Battersea. On 7 May 2015,she was re-elected with an increased margin of 3.4%. She lost the seat to Marsha de Cordova of the Labour Party at the 2017 snap general election. In November 2017 she joined the senior leadership team of the World Health Organization serving until November 2022.
The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England,Wales and Northern Ireland. It replaced the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985,extending the ban on female genital mutilation to address the practice of taking girls abroad to undergo FGM procedures,and increased the maximum penalty from 5 to 14 years' imprisonment. The Act does not extend to Scotland:the corresponding legislation there is the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005.
The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. It extended previous legislation by also making it illegal for UK nationals to perform female genital mutilation outside the borders of the UK. There have been no known cases of girls from Scotland being sent abroad for the procedure. The Act also increased the maximum penalty from five to 14 years.
Nahid Toubia is a Sudanese surgeon and women's health rights activist,specializing in research into female genital mutilation.
Comfort Iyabo Amah Momoh,is a British midwife who specializes in the treatment of female genital mutilation (FGM). Born in Nigeria,Momoh is a member of the British FGM national clinical group,established in 2007 to train health professionals in how to deal with the practice. Until 2017 she served as a public-health specialist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London. She is the editor of Female Genital Mutilation (2005).
Female genital mutilation (FGM),also known as female genital cutting (FGC),female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision,is practiced in 30 countries in western,eastern,and north-eastern Africa,in parts of the Middle East and Asia,and within some immigrant communities in Europe,North America and Australia. The WHO defines the practice as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia,or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons."
Fiona Ruth Twycross,Baroness Twycross is a Labour Party politician. She was born in South London before moving to Oxford. She studied at Cheney School in Oxford before going on to study Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh and has a PhD in contemporary Scandinavian literature. She subsequently studied Public Policy and Management at Birkbeck,University of London. She has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling and a Baroness-in-Waiting since July 2024.
Tom Phillip Copley is a British Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician,serving as the Deputy Mayor of London for Housing and Residential Development. He served as a London wide member of the London Assembly from 2012 to 2020 and is a former councillor on Lewisham Council.
Nimko Ali,alternatively spelled Nimco,is a British social activist of Somali heritage. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation,a global partnership to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
Leyla Hussein is a Somali-born British psychotherapist and social activist. She is the founder of Dahlia project,one of the co-founders of the Daughters of Eve non-profit organization and a Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven. In 2020,Hussein was elected Rector of the University of St Andrews,making her the third woman and first woman of colour to hold this position. Hussein received significant criticism during her role as Rector of the University of St Andrews owing to her lack of involvement in the role.
Female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia of women and girls living in the UK. According to Equality Now and City University London,an estimated 103,000 women and girls aged 15–49 were thought to be living with female genital mutilation (FGM) in England and Wales as of 2011.
Female genital mutilation (FGM),also known as female circumcision or female genital cutting,includes any procedure involving the removal or injury of part or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. While the practice is most common in Africa,Asia,and the Middle East,FGM is also widespread in immigrant communities and metropolitan areas in the United States,and was performed by doctors regularly until the 1980s.
Caroline Russell is a British politician and activist serving as Leader of the Green Party in the London Assembly since October 2018,and a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since May 2016.
The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly,alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020,but on 13 March 2020 it was announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the sixth election since the Assembly was established in 2000. Due to the previous term being extended to 5 years,those elected would only serve a three-year term until the next election in 2024. The election was held on the same day in 2021 as other elections in the UK;the UK local elections,Scottish Parliament election,and Welsh Senedd election.
Hoda Ali is a nurse and human rights activist defending the rights of girls through working and campaigning to end female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom.
Sakina Zahra Sheikh is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide from 2021 to 2024. She also represents Perry Vale on Lewisham Council.
Ann-Marie Wilson is a British psychologist and anti-FGM activist. She founded 28 Too Many,a UK-based organisation that aims to eradicate female genital mutilation. She also speaks out against violence against women.
