I know we have touched on this (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47094707)* several times in the past but there were a couple of points about this that may be worth discussing. Firstly, it seemed initially, to me anyway, surprising that the mother has been convicted but the father wasn't until I remembered that, in child protection training I have had, it was discussed that mothers, aunts and grandmothers were likely to be instrumental in organising FGM than fathers etc. Not to say that it isn't condoned or even instructed by the fathers, just that it seems to be the female relatives that actually carry it out. There has been mention that the person who actually did the FGM hasn't been found and convicted but, again from training, most FGM takes place abroad so perhaps this is the case here. I am sure we have mentioned before that FGM became illegal in 1985 and this is the first conviction and only three other trials in that time.
*How do we do a link within a piece of text now instead of having to have the full url?
*How do we do a link within a piece of text now instead of having to have the full url?
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