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Female Genital Mutilation 21 FEMALE GENITILATION IN THE UK

   

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Female Genital Mutilation 1FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN THE UKBy (Name)CourseProfessor’s nameUniversity nameCity, StateDate of submission

Female Genital Mutilation 2Table of ContentsSummary of the past work.......................................................................... 5New area to be explored............................................................................ 6Current ideas ......................................................................................... 7The current state of FGM in the UK .............................................................. 8Reasons for conducting the research .............................................................. 92. Research Methods and ethical issues...................................................................102.1 Research philosophy................................................................................. 112.2 Research approach ...................................................................................122.3 Research method......................................................................................132.4 Data collection methods..............................................................................142.5 Sampling.............................................................................................. 152.6 Ethical issues for FGM..............................................................................163. Key research participants and gatekeepers............................................................17 3.1 Main interview themes.............................................................................. 18Question 1: ..........................................................................................19Question 2: ...........................................................................................20Question 3: ..........................................................................................21Question 4: ..........................................................................................22Question 5: ..........................................................................................234 Literature search strategy and Key literature of FGM in UK .........................................245 Research timetable ..........................................................................................25

Female Genital Mutilation 36 Conclusion ................................................................................................267 Bibliography ............................................................................................. 271. Introduction FGM (Female genital mutilation) is a process of changing, injuring or cutting the female genitals deliberately without any medical reason for conducting the practice. It is commonly known as female circumcision, these procedures are occasionally conducted as twisted acts of

Female Genital Mutilation 4religious devotion. FGM is habitually practiced by individuals with African tribal links and somesets of obscure Islamic groups; and they term the act as gudniin, megrez, hilalays among others. Female circumcision is normally done on girls who are young (between the early birth stages up to about 15 years of age) before they begin their puberty period of growth (Simonelli et al 2013).FGM is child abuse and it is illegal in the United Kingdom. 1.1 Research title and research question Female Genital mutilation in the UK; are their people still conducting the FGM activitiesin the United Kingdom – and how can this practice be stopped1.2 The aim of objectives of the researchThe research aims to find out if there are still individuals within the United Kingdom that stillconduct, FGM practices and to help the females who have been affected by these procedures (Ellsberg et al 2015). The objectives of the research involve:a)To help reduce the cases of FGM within the UK through educating of the communities still practicing the activity of the adverse effects to the females who have been circumcised. b)To develop a system that monitors FGM in the UK, to help curb the practice within the nation and help save the females who are likely to be affected by the practice.

Female Genital Mutilation 51.3 Research Background and JustificationSummary of the past workThe first FGM clinic was opened up in London for child victims (2014), and it focuses onthe provision of physiological and medical treatment to the affected girls who are 18 years and bellow. The doctors also help social workers and the police in the identification of the victims and this enables the prosecution of those involved in FGM (McCracken et al 2017). Mothers are also asked to stop the FGM cycle, in the year 2014, 2nd June Home Secretary Theresa May and the NSPCC launched a poster campaign asking mothers to stop FGM, as it was an act of child abuse. The Education Department in the UK delivered safety strategies for the teachers to apply during the season of ‘cutting’ this was a response to the warning given by the Association of Lectures and Teachers about the dangers of FGM. In April 2014, new medical strategies were introduced in the hospitals of UK that required the medical workforce to be trained appropriatelyin order for them to spot any signs of FGM, be able to record, and report the evidence to allow the patients at the risk of FGM to be monitored (Costello 2015).New area to be exploredPrioritizing the education of young women and girls by the government on how to prevent FGM is the main strategy that has not been explored in the campaigns against FGM in the UK. The Government is required to make a section of education against FGM in the national curriculum. Many girls in the UK aged 13 years and below are at a direct threat of being cut, it isfor this reason that should trigger the government to prioritize educating school children on the FGM preventive strategies the mothers should also be educated on the dangers of FGM to ensurethey stop the FGM cycle. According to the HAC’s (Home Affairs Committee’s) report, it is indicated that female circumcision is a national scandal that is ongoing and the silence of the

Female Genital Mutilation 6state concerning FGM allows the perpetrators to injure girls and they do not pay for their actions.There is a complex link between educating people and putting FGM to an end, education is a strong tool that changes the believes and attitudes towards FGM, enlightens young women and girls about their rights, and this assists them in battling the force to be ‘cut’, education will also reduce the occurrence of FGM. Current ideasChanging the attitude of people especially the young women and girls in the UK is one ofthe present ideas to ensure the reduction in the occurrence of FGM in the nation. This idea will involve raising awareness, conducting special assemblies and workshops around UK schools to educate pupils on various preventive strategies against FGM. Mothers are also made aware of thedangers of FGM and this will enable women to look at FGM at a different angle, this will save the females who are at a direct threat of FGM. The combined approach of collaborative working amongst health, social and educational specialists is another current idea that will enable increased knowledge about FGM in the nation (Raab 2012).The current state of FGM in the UK UK has enforced various policies with the intention of preventing, protecting, and prosecuting of FGM cases in the UK. Various measures that deal with the legal strategies for FGM prosecution, training, prevention and interventions of FGM activities have been provided by the ‘Action Plan Call to End Violence against Women and Girls’ policy. The 'FGM – Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines' enforced in 2011 focuses on protection of children. There is the development of special FGM clinics for treating girls affected by FGM practices like the (African Well Woman Clinic) developed in 1992 at Northwick Park hospital (Matczak, Hatzidimitriadou and Lindsay 2011).

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