UK: 500 new cases of female genital mutilation in one month are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’

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500 cases in a month. And that’s only who they are treating; the actual number is likely to be astronomically higher.

Back in July, UK Prime Minister David Cameron attended a summit with some 500 delegates from 50 countries — including survivors of the practice, heads of state and front line professionals in London.

However, although FGM is illegal in the UK, young girls born in Britain also live with the threat of FGM with an estimated 20,000 at risk of cutting each year.

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Last year the Government’s forced marriage unit gave advice in more than 1,300 cases.

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, writing for The Telegraph’s website said it is “heart breaking” that the “hidden crimes” of FGM and forced marriage still exist in society and still threaten the next generation of girls.

Yes, Theresa May is so concerned that she barred Robert Spencer and me from the UK so that such things would not be discussed in a candid manner.

Among the measures that were discussed at the summit are new laws enabling police to prosecute parents if they fail to prevent their daughter being cut. Victims will also be granted lifelong anonymity from the time an allegation of FGM is made.

At least 1,700 new cases — we see what a difference it has made.

The more Muslims immigrate to Western countries, and as the norming of sharia continues in the West, the more clitordectomies will become horrifyingly commonplace.

Dissemblers and deceivers claim that FGM is cultural phenomenon, not religious. But the fact is that it is an Islamic cultural phenomenon.

FGM

“500 new cases of female genital mutilation in one month are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’, campaigners warn,”by Lizzie Parry, MailOnline, February 27, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Five hundred women and girls living in England have been identified as victims of female genital mutilation in just one month, new figures show.

And campaigners have warned the numbers represent ‘just the tip of the iceberg’, estimating more than 130,000 women and girls in the country are affected by the issue.

Female genital mutilation (FGM), is a harmful traditional practice that involves the partial or total removal of the female genitalia.

Campaigners told MailOnline today these figures will ‘increase significantly’ as more women access health care.

The statistics, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, include data from 126 eligible acute NHS trusts in England.

They reveal 2,242 active cases, where women and girls are currently being treated for FGM, while 499 new cases were identified in January.

From September last year to January this year, 2,603 new cases were reported nationally – 44 of which were in girls younger than 18.

In April last year, hospitals across England were told to start recording all cases of FGM they identified.

Mary Wandia, FGM programme manager at campaign group Equality Now, told MailOnline that FGM is ‘child abuse and an extreme human rights violation’.

‘Today’s figures are just the tip of the iceberg,’ she warned. ‘We will see these figures increasing significantly as more women access healthcare.

‘The figures also show that training of those who come in contact with girls at risk of FGM – and those affected by it – is urgently needed.

‘Health, social and education professionals don’t have clear pathways and don’t always know what to do.

‘FGM is child abuse, a human rights violation and an extreme human rights violation.

‘We have made huge progress on ensuring a joined-up approach to preventing it in the UK. It is no longer in the shadows and has is clearly on the national agenda.
WHAT IS FGM?

Female genital mutilation is the practice in which some or all of the female genitals are removed, typically with a blade or a razor and sometimes without anaesthesia.

This includes removing the clitoral and the fold of skin above it, and removing labia – the inner ‘lips’ of the vagina.

In the most severe form, the inner and outer labia are removed and the opening of the vagina is closed with a small hole so the woman can pass urine and menstrual blood.

Sometimes the vagina is then cut open for sex or childbirth.

Women sometimes bleed to death or can be left with horrifying health effects, such as infections, chronic pain, cysts, infertility and problems giving birth.

‘We just need to keep working to ensure that the law is properly implemented and that every single girl is protected.’

Ms Wandia said training for medical professionals is ‘essential’ in helping them recognise those women and girls affected – as well as those at risk.

She said: ‘Survivors of FGM urgently need physical, emotional and psychological support.’

Last year, Home Secretary Theresa May said that in the UK, 137,000 women are living with the consequences of FGM and a 60,000 are at risk.

The figures she cited, from a report from City University London in collaboration with Equality Now, estimated that 10,000 girls aged under 15 who migrated to England and Wales are likely to have undergone FGM.

In July, the Government launched a £1.4 million programme to tackle FGM, with the aim of ending the practice within a generation.

This included bringing in laws to prosecute parents if they fail to prevent their daughters being cut.

It also requires collecting data about FGM in hospitals in England and training both health professionals and police officers to respond appropriately to cases of FGM.

Ms Wandia said: ‘This is not an issue that can be ignored any longer.

‘We also found that 60,000 girls born to mothers affected by FGM, lived in England and Wales in 2011.

‘African countries like Kenya and Burkina Faso have led the way on ending FGM globally.

‘We can end it within this generation but we need to continue to keep up the pressure to ensure governments are held accountable to their obligations.’

Meanwhile the children’s charity, the NSPCC, said since setting up FGM dedicated helpline in June 2013, they have received 521 calls from the public and professionals.

Of those, 214 of the cases have been referred to the police and children’s services.

John Cameron, head of child protection operations at the NSPCC, said: ‘FGM is a live public health issue and it is vital all health professionals are trained to spot the signs of FGM, and that girls who are subjected to this brutal practice get the post-traumatic support they deserve.

‘We need to ensure doctors, midwives and other healthcare professionals are working effectively together with children’s services to support and protect FGM victims and their family members.’

The World Health Organisation recognise FGM as a ‘violation of the human rights of girls and women’.

‘It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women,’ the agency said.

‘The practice violates a person’s rights to health, security and physical integrity, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life when the procedure results in death.’

It is estimated that between 100 and 140 million girls and women around the world have undergone genital mutilation.

Each year around three million women are thought to be at risk.

FGM ranges from the partial or total removal of the clitoris, to the removal of the entire clitoris and the cutting of the labia minora.

In it’s most extreme form, all external genitalia is removed and the two sides of a woman or girl’s vulva are stitched together.

FGM is generally done without anaesthetic, and can have lifelong health consequences including chronic infection, severe pain during urination, menstruation, sexual intercourse, and childbirth and psychological trauma.

FGM has been a crime in the UK for 30 years, but there have been no convictions for the practice.

Last month the first trial took place in England.

A jury took fewer than 25 minutes to acquit Dhanuson Dharmasena, 32, of carrying out the potentially lethal procedure on a new mother.

Another man, Hasan Mohamed, 41, was also cleared of abetting the offence.

Anyone who is concerned or needs advice can call the NSPCC’s FGM helpline on 0800 0283550 or email [email protected]

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Joe Joe
Joe Joe
9 years ago

Where are the women’s rights activists? Where is Patricia Arquette? Where is Meryl Streep? Where is Hillary Clinton?

Losing Hope
Losing Hope
9 years ago
Reply to  Joe Joe

Can’t have them saying anything.. They might be call racist or an islamophobe.. Move along nothing to see here!!

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9 years ago
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Fritz Kohlhaas
Fritz Kohlhaas
9 years ago
Reply to  Joe Joe

Yes, WHERE are they? Where are the Feminists? Where are the so-called Human Rights activists?

The Tin Man
The Tin Man
9 years ago

I wonder how many muslim men would want to hate and kill for allah if it meant they had to have the tip of their penis cut off? It’s hard for me to respect muslims and to be open minded about them when day after day my senses are pelted with these barbarisms. I think the scientists got it wrong, the Neanderthals didn’t die out, they became muslims. And then they found allah and regressed.

pdxnag
pdxnag
9 years ago
Reply to  The Tin Man

We need to adjust to new revelations about Neanderthals.

“MATH, SMARTS, AND BREEDING: The Neanderthal Correlation. Heh. ‘I don’t know how you’ll survive when our genes are gone.'”
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/198039/

The Tin Man
The Tin Man
9 years ago
Reply to  pdxnag

“No, I found that Neanderthals lacked genes linked to successful
socialization and management skills. They could count perfectly well,
but they couldn’t deal with groups. Socialization genes came from
Sapiens” (from the article)

Okay, it all makes sense now. lol

disqus_HlH4Faibhw
disqus_HlH4Faibhw
9 years ago
Reply to  The Tin Man

Heh! Yeah!

Mohammed Schicklgruber
Mohammed Schicklgruber
9 years ago

It’s the lesser of two evils. If they didn’t have their clits chopped off, they might enjoy sex so much that they dishonored the family, and then they’d have their heads chopped off. Allah thinks of everything.

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

I love your comments!

mjazzguitar
mjazzguitar
9 years ago

It may even be practiced in the US. It is prevalent in Somalia and there are a lot of Somalis here.

Joseph Flannagan
Joseph Flannagan
9 years ago
Reply to  mjazzguitar

It MAY be practised in the US ???. ” MAY ” is not the word. It IS practised in the USA . It will CONTINUE to be practised in the USA and your politicians will not have the balls to tackle , just as in Europe. It has been illegal in Britain fir many years and there has been ONE prosecution and that case collapsed into farce and he was ( rightly ) acquitted !!

mjazzguitar
mjazzguitar
9 years ago

Rightly acquitted?
You support FGM?

Joseph Flannagan
Joseph Flannagan
9 years ago
Reply to  mjazzguitar

What a stupid question if you read my posts !. I say rightly acquitted because there is NO concrete evidence that he did anything other than restitch the tear he made to UNDO the effect of FGM so her baby could be delivered. She had undergone the procedure itself many years before !. Every year in UK alone hundreds , if not thousands , of girls are subjected to FGM and the ONE prosecution ( which would have stood as legal precedent ) was so weak as to be a joke . And this case was pursued by the legal ” experts ” of the Crown Prosecution Service who MUST have known it would fail. This now makes it EXTREMELY difficult to prosecute any further cases in the future!!

mjazzguitar
mjazzguitar
9 years ago

There was no mention of that in your post. That’s why I got the wrong impression and inquired.

james baxley
james baxley
9 years ago

What about circumcision? Nearly every male in the West is subjected to this cruelty when they are the most vulnerable. Male circumcision is more wide spread than a handful of FGM cases per year. . . oh that’s right, in the West women are more valuable and important than men. I almost forgot. Why don’t we call circumcision what it really is: male genital mutilation, or MGM.

Joseph Flannagan
Joseph Flannagan
9 years ago
Reply to  james baxley

There is a VAST difference between the two practises. Firstly male circumcision is generally performed in a medical setting by a qualified person and under sterile conditions and an anaesthetic. Secondly male circumcision does NOT remove and functional part of the male genitalia and does not affect future sexual activity. Thirdly it is NOT designed or intended to reduce or eliminate sexual function , sexual urges or sensations of pleasure during sexual activity. Fourth it is NOT designed to repress sexual desire and prevent promiscuity . Female circumcision on the other hand is nothing less than a savage barbarity ,often performed with the most rudimentary and unhygienic instruments in appalling conditions and by totally unqualified personnel and usually without any anaesthetic. To compare the two is extremely naive and an insult to the hundreds of millions of young girls who undergo this torture against their will.

Necromecon
Necromecon
9 years ago

I love how this is a CRIME when it is done to females, but commonplace when it is done to newborn baby boys.

Don't buy barbaric halal food
Don't buy barbaric halal food
9 years ago
Reply to  Necromecon

When it is done to boys it is done with anaesthesia and clinical cleanliness. It does not adversely affect the health and wellbeing of the male nor does it prevent sexual enjoyment. It never results in the death of the boy being circumsised. It is not done to control the boy so he does not stray and have sex for enjoyment because the women folk believe it is sinful. Simple really

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

There have been some recent cases where a Jewish Moyle, one licensed to bite off a Jewish baby boy’s prepuce at 8 days old, gave genital herpes to several babies, two of which died. See:
http://rollingout.com/health/2-newborn-babies-contract-herpes-jewish-circumcision-ritual/

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

I am not nuts. After the cut on the penis is made the ORTHODOX JEW sucks away the blood. That’s how the babies contract genital herpes. Don’t be so rude. You don’t know me so don’t be so nasty.

St. Michael Defend Us
St. Michael Defend Us
9 years ago

I did some research online, as, I had only recently been hearing about this suction thing. The vast majority of circumcisions DO NOT use any type of mouth suction. So, the question of disease transmission is but one tiny aspect of the larger topic of circumcision. Since I am not myself Jewish, and the only Jews I have known well were NOT orthodox, I had only heard of sterile instruments being used.
I’m sure that, somewhere, someone has suffered a negative consequence after something as minor as an ear-piercing, but that does not mean all ear-piercing should be banned.

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

Please read the link I attached to my email, which reports that 2 babies died after the orthodox sucking away of blood by the Mohel, a Jewish priest that performs the bris.

Betty4440
Betty4440
9 years ago

well to all that disagrees with boy being circumcised as a baby. should have to watch a 12 year old it has been done to the pain before it was done could not use the bathroom. and then having it done at that age. shame and pain. it was so sad.

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

Yes, I remember you, you poisonous old cow.

Richard
Richard
9 years ago

The man speaks the truth. Just Google “metzitzah b’peh” performed by orthodox Jews. They suck the blood of the penis after circumcision. And it has been known to cause Herpes.

Its so easy to check facts – there is no need for abuse.

“Since 2000, there have been 13 reports in New York City of infants contracting HSV-1, two of whom died from the virus. The health department reported that an estimated 20,493 infants in New York City were exposed to the practice in that period.”

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/07/health/new-york-neonatal-herpes/

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

You can flag my messages all you like, dear, I’m not interested. Go on your way now. You’re the abusive old woman, not me.

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you gave me the same old slagging off last time. Boring!

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago

Your messages should also be flagged but I honestly can’t be bothered. I’m not small minded like you – and certainly not as rude. The amount of ignorant vitriol you spurt out is absolutely vile.

disqus_HlH4Faibhw
disqus_HlH4Faibhw
9 years ago

And ever heard of a man who’s sex life was altered by it? Most likely the push against it, however justifiably motivated, is more about THAT than anything else.

wordfromthewise
wordfromthewise
9 years ago
Reply to  Necromecon

Get off your high horse. I’ve run into you before, you sanctimonious old jewish bat.

Richard
Richard
9 years ago
Reply to  Necromecon

Again the man speaks the truth. True circumcision is far less harmful than FMG but it is a form of unnecessary mutilation.

And before you rip into me I am circumcised though not a Jew. My sons are not. Doctors advised against it. Do some research.

http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/unnecessary.html

And here is another one

http://www.nocirc.org/

disqus_HlH4Faibhw
disqus_HlH4Faibhw
9 years ago
Reply to  Necromecon

OK… So circumcision shouldn’t be done per Richard’s info below… But fgm is the same as removing a man’s third appendage, which if that were being done, nuclear warheads would have been aimed at these bastards long ago.

Lia
Lia
9 years ago

Nobody should listen to a word Mrs Clinton says before she & her husband have not given us an itemised list of moneys received from Saudi-Arabia.

Teresa Gill
Teresa Gill
9 years ago

One would expect there to be data collected concerning the religious background of each of these 500 new registered FGM victims in at least one of these several reports, studies, & campaigns & if so, Gellar shockingly failed to provide us with the study count on these 500 female victim’s religion. What a shocker… (Sarcasm)

james baxley
james baxley
9 years ago

And for (nearly) EVERY MALE BORN IN THE WEST, they are subjected to circumcision. So, why don’t the anti-FGM social justice warriors equally denounce circumcision?

EmamMuhammedd
EmamMuhammedd
8 years ago

G*D appointed Leadership=Theocracy=Iran’s 12 Holy Imams Shia Islam as Revealed & perfected by our CREATOR ALLAH advocate violence only in defense against aggression or as a prescribe punishment for a crime i.e. cutting off hands for theft. At the martyrdom of the Holy Prophet {peace be on Him & His purified H.Q. 33:33 Family] the Arabs reverted back to tribalism=the going astray prophesied by the Holy Prophet about all the sects that didn’t hold on to His pure Family 4:59 i.e. those who usurped the G*D appointed Successor ship of Imam Ali 1st of the Holy Imams, initiating the elected, man appointed & inherited successor ship of companions of the Prophet i.e. Sunni Arabia Islam of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Muawiya, Yazid etc. resulting in an Islam of aggression,1st against the pure Family {H.Q. 2:124 & mentioned in Bible Genesis 17:20] as 13 of the 14 pure Family members=Infallibles=sinless in words & deeds, were murdered by those associated with the early 3 Caliphs & that aggression extended its self like a cancer in the body of Humanity.

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