Hi, I've posted this already in AIBU, and have been asked by Stanislas to post it on here as well
I have just read this article stating that two people have been arrested for performing Female Genital Mutilation on a baby less than two months old.
The UK's efforts to end FGM are being seriously held back by a lack of national strategy or action plan. There are plenty of guidelines out there for teachers, midwives, social workers, police and so on, but they are not obligatory reading and many people in positions where they could identify victims and girls and women at risk are simply not aware of the problem or the role they could play in fixing it. This documentary explains this problem very well and the woman presenting it has created a petition asking the home office to act now and create an effective national action plan.
Please, please sign it and share it. FGM breaches numerous human rights including the right to no torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and causes lifelong physical and psychological trauma to it's survivors. In some cases FGM is fatal.