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Foundation For Women's Health, Research And Development
The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) is a British NGO, founded in 1983 by Efua Dorkenoo, that supports women who have experienced female genital mutilation (FGM) and tries to eliminate the practice. History FORWARD evolved from the Women's Action Group for Female Excision and Infibulation (WAGFEI), which comprised UK-based women concerned about FGM. Efua Dorkenoo coordinated the group between 1981 and 1983 under the auspices of the Minority Rights Group (MRG), and travelled to gather facts about FGM from various countries in Africa to compile into an MRG report on the practice. The organization runs several programmes in the UK and in East and West Africa. According to FORWARD, there are around 100,000 women in the UK who have experienced FGM.Bryony Gordon Bryony Naomi Gordon (born 5 July 1980) is an English journalist, author, broadcaster and podcaster. She is the author of the novels, Mad Girl, You Got This, and The Wrong Knickers which we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efua Dorkenoo
Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua","Obituaries: Efua Dorkenoo" ''The Times'', 29 October 2014. was a ian-British campaigner against (FGM) who pioneered the global movement to end the practiceAlexandra Topping [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. Prevalence of female genital mutilation, FGM prevalence varies worldwide, but is majorly present in some countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East, and within their diasporas. , UNICEF estimates that worldwide 230 million girls and women (144 million in Africa, 80 million in Asia, 6 million in Middle East, and 1-2 million in other parts of the world) had been subjected to Female genital mutilation#Types, one or more types of FGM. Typically carried out by a traditional cutter using a blade, FGM is conducted from days after birth to puberty and beyond. In half of the countries for which national statistics are available, most girls are cut before the age of five. Procedures differ according to the country or ethnic group. They include removal of the clitoral hood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minority Rights Group
Minority Rights Group (MRG) is an international human rights organisation, headquartered in London, with offices in Budapest and Kampala. The organisation's mission statement is to secure rights for ethnic, national, religious, linguistic minorities, and indigenous peoples around the world. MRG has an international Governing Council that meets twice a year. MRG has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The organisation was set up in 1969 by a group of activists and academics in order "to protect the rights of minorities to co-exist with majorities, by objective study and consistent international public exposure of violations of fundamental rights as defined by the UN Charter".Founding statement of aims, Minority Rights Group Its first director was David Astor, editor and proprietor of ''The Observer'' newspaper at the time. See also *Genocide * Global Hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryony Gordon
Bryony Naomi Gordon (born 5 July 1980) is an English journalist, author, broadcaster and podcaster. She is the author of the novels, Mad Girl, You Got This, and The Wrong Knickers which were all nominated for British Book Awards. She founded Mental Health Mates in 2016 and hosts the Mad World podcast. Early life Gordon is the daughter of ''Sunday Mirror'' former gossip columnist Jane Gordon. She was educated at a Kew College primary school and later attended the independent Queen's Gate School (an all-girls school) in south Kensington. She briefly studied History of Art at University College London before dropping out after one term. Career Gordon began her career as an intern for the ''Daily Express'', writing occasional feature articles for the newspaper. She then began writing a youth-oriented column for the ''Sunday Express'', before writing for ''The Daily Telegraph'' teen supplement in 2000. In 2001, Gordon joined the ''Daily Mirror'' gossip column known as '' The 3AM Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naana Otoo-Oyortey
Naana Otoo-Oyortey is a Ghanaian social activist, the executive director of the Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development. Early life and education Otoo-Oyortey was born in Ghana. She completed a master's of philosophy at the University of Sussex. She was a member of the Institute of Development Studies, where she worked on gender issues in Ghana. Career Otoo-Oyortey worked at the International Planned Parenthood Federation, where she investigated child marriage and poverty. She believes that to achieve gender equality the world must address violence against women and the socio-cultural norms that accept this behaviour. She is concerned that domestic violence results in women not protecting themselves from sexually transmitted infections. Otoo-Oyortey joined the African Diaspora women-led nonprofit Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development ( FORWARD) in 1998, invited by the founder, Efua Dorkenoo. FORWARD is the lead agency working to end fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comfort Momoh
Comfort Iyabo Amah Momoh, (born ) 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). Early life and education Momoh was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian-Ghanaian family."‘Girls born here can say no to being cut — so families are doing it to them as babies’" ''London Evening Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FGM In The UK
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. FGM was outlawed in the UK by the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, which made it an offence to perform FGM on children or adults. The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 made it an offence to arrange FGM outside the country for British citizens or permanent residents, whether or not it is lawful in the country to which the girl is taken. The penalty is up to 14 years in jail. The first prosecutions for FGM took place in 2015 against a doctor accused of performing FGM and another man accused of aiding and abetting; both were found not guilty. The first suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Body My Rules
''My Body My Rules'' (2015) is a three-minute animated film aimed at raising awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) amongst primary school aged children in the UK. The film was developed as a visual aid to help facilitate sessions on FGM in primary schools in the UK and for use by professionals and non-governmental organizations working with younger children at risk of FGM. It was developed by Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) and Animage Films, and animated by Daniel Greaves, an Academy Award winning animator. ''My Body My Rules'' was adapted from a previous animated short by FORWARD and Animage on the subject of FGM in the UK, entitled ''Needlecraft''. Funded by Comic Relief and the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and intended for the general public and professional audience, ''Needlecraft'' was launched on the web in June 2015. It won a gold world medal at the New York Festivals in 2016. A third short film, ''The True Story of Ghati and Rhobi'', was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. Prevalence of female genital mutilation, FGM prevalence varies worldwide, but is majorly present in some countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East, and within their diasporas. , UNICEF estimates that worldwide 230 million girls and women (144 million in Africa, 80 million in Asia, 6 million in Middle East, and 1-2 million in other parts of the world) had been subjected to Female genital mutilation#Types, one or more types of FGM. Typically carried out by a traditional cutter using a blade, FGM is conducted from days after birth to puberty and beyond. In half of the countries for which national statistics are available, most girls are cut before the age of five. Procedures differ according to the country or ethnic group. They include removal of the clitoral hood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
