Female Genital Mutilation
An estimated 6.3 per cent of
pregnancies in inner London and 4.6 per cent in outer London are to
women with FGM. [Forward, 2007, A Statistical Study to Estimate the
Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales]
There have been no convictions for
FGM since it was outlawed in 1985 in the U.K, compared to 100 in
France. [Parliamentary Question re Female Circumcision, Hansard, 18
May 2000]
66,000 women in the UK have had
their genitals mutilated. [Dorkenoo, E., Morison, L., Macfarlane,
A., (2007) A Statistical Study to Estimate the Prevalence of
Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales Summary Report.
FORWARD, Department of Health]
Research suggests that 23,000 girls
in England and Wales under the age of 15 are at risk of FGM.
[Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD)
in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine and the Department of Midwifery, City University (2007)
A Statistical Study to Estimate the Prevalence of Female
Genital Mutilation in England and Wales: Summary Report]
