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Safeguarding vs Stigmatisation

Nuances when it comes to safeguarding

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The government’s perspective is focused on safe-guarding, reporting, prosecution, and protection of victims and those at risk – for very good reasons!

However this might translate to victimisation and communal alienation.

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this report on the impact of FGM-safeguarding on communities

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University of Aberdeen online course,

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Health, Law, and Socio-Cultural Sensitivity

Further Reading

The mothering experience of women with FGM/C raising ‘uncut’ daughters, in Ivory Coast and in Canada

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This content is taken from University of Aberdeen online course

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Health, Law, and Socio-Cultural Sensitivity

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