November 21, 2023
Oxford Against Cutting took part in the procession at the Cowley Road Carnival, talking about the work we do to protect girls and women from harmful practices.
Read moreSeptember 7, 2022
Betrayal. Female circumcision is a type of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The World Health Organization defines Female Genital Mutilation as any activity involving the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or causing other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Female circumcision would be classified under Type 1 and 2 of […]
Read moreJanuary 19, 2022
Alice is from Malaysia and heard about FGM from friends, most of whom had it done to them when they were babies.
Read moreDecember 8, 2021
Mariama, an anti-FGM facilitator for Oxford Against Cutting, and survivor, explains in a short film why some communities in The Gambia carry out FGM.
Read moreNovember 5, 2020
A survivor of honour-based abuse and forced marriage, Rubie Marie, calls for more support for young girls. Trigger warning: mentions of suicide, physical and mental abuse The reason for experiencing honour-based abuse and forced marriage I endured the horrific taboo experiences of honour-based abuse myself in 1998/9 when I was 15 years old […]
Read moreOctober 22, 2019
When did you first become aware of FGM? 2008 – in Egypt. There was an essay on the internet about the dangers of circumcision for both boys and girls, not just girls. The essay was written by a famous female doctor and I found out that she had written a whole book about it. […]
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