Female Genital Mutilation // Service learning project
Female Genital Mutilation helpline:
Number: 0800 028 3550
Email: [email protected]
Link:https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-a...
Healthcare Organisation
NHS Services - Find and choose NHS services in your area. Contact a GP and discuss referral to specialist services.
FGM National Clinical Group - UK-based charity dedicated to working with women who have been affected by FGM and other related difficulties.
World Health Organisation (WHO) - The United Nations public health arm. Informing, monitoring and leading standards in international health policy.
The Dahlia Project - Support group for women who have undergone FGM, in partnership with the Maya Centre and Manor Gardens, Islington.
Campaigning Organisations
Forward UK - The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) is the leading campaign and support charity providing help with FGM, including counselling, referrals, information, materials and training.
The Orchid Project - Charity advocating to end the silence and taboo around FGM and campaigning to end the practice.
Women's Resource Centre - Charity supporting women's organisations to be more effective and sustainable.
Integrate Bristol - Supporting the integration and adaptation of children and young people in Bristol who have arrived from other cultures. Providing inter-generation communication to protect children from FGM and other harmful practices.
Work Cited
Baweja, Harinder. “FGM: India's Dark Secret.” Hindustantimes.com, 27 Jan. 2016, www.hindustantimes.com/static/fgm-indias-dark-secret/.
Brink, Susan. “Female Genital Mutilation: What It Does To A Woman.” NPR, NPR, 6 May 2017, www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/05/06/526766230/female-genital-mutilation-what-it-does-to-a-woman.
“Female Genital Mutilation.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Jan. 2018, www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/.
“FGM Survivor Stories.” Equality Now, 9 Jan. 2018, www.equalitynow.org/campaigns/fgm-survivor-stories.
Gbla, Khadija. “My Mother's Strange Definition of Empowerment.” TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, TEDxCanberra, www.ted.com/talks/khadija_gbla_my_mother_s_strange_definition_of_empowerment.
Ghosh, Abantika. “Understanding Female Genital Mutilation: The Practice and the Issues.” The Indian Express, New Delhi, 17 May 2017, indianexpress.com/article/explained/understanding-female-genital-mutilation-the-practice-and-the-issues-fgm-4659216/.
Lee-Johnson, Lauren. “Help Stop Female Genital Mutilation.” CNN, Cable News Network, 14 Sept. 2015, www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/world/iyw-help-female-genital-mutilation/index.html.
Neuhof, Florian. “Changing Minds about Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan | Middle East| News and Analysis of Events in the Arab World | DW | 03.03.2016.” DW.COM, 3 Mar. 2016, www.dw.com/en/changing-minds-about-genital-mutilation-in-iraqi-kurdistan/a-19087160.
“Resources and Links.” Daughters of Eve, www.dofeve.org/resources-and-links.html.
Smith, Micah, director. Honor Diaries. 8 Mar. 2014, tubitv.com/movies/314075/honor_diaries.
“3 Ways You Can Help Stop FGM and 'Cutting Season' Plan International UK.” Plan UK International, Plan International, 20 July 2016, https://plan-uk.org/blogs/3-ways-you-....