FGM affects females in every local authority in England and Wales - study

[niyad]

(the graph at the link below is truly depressing)

FGM affects females in every local authority in England and Wales - study

Highest prevalence of women and girls affected by genital mutilation is in London, according to research which will increase pressure to tackle the issue

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Delegates at the first Girl Summit in the UK which addressed FGM.


Women and girls affected by female genital mutilation can be found in every local authority in England and Wales, with the highest number living in London, according to a major study which will place pressure on all councils to tackle the issue.

An estimated 137,000 women and girls are affected by FGM, with the highest rate of prevalence found in Southwark, according to the study by City University London and Equality Now.

In the south London borough, 4.7% of women are affected by FGM, while 10.4% of girls were born to mothers who had been subjected to the practice. In the London borough of Brent, 3.89% of women had suffered from FGM. The rate across England and Wales is 0.48%.

London as a whole had the highest prevalence rates by far, with 21 women per 1,000 affected by FGM. All of the 10 highest prevalence rates were located in local authorities within the capital, according to the study, which was funded by Trust for London and the Home Office.

Outside London, Manchester, Slough, Bristol, Leicester and Birmingham had high prevalence rates, ranging from 12 to 16 per 1,000, while other authorities, including Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Coventry, Sheffield, Reading, Thurrock, Northampton and Oxford had rates of more than seven per 1,000. Many, mainly rural, areas had prevalences well below one per 1,000, but cases were found in all local authorities in England and Wales.

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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/21/fgm-affects-females-in-every-local-authority-in-england-and-wales-study

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. I'm trying to think of something constructive to add but all I want to do is scream in rage.

[niyad]

3. pretty much my reaction.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Same here.

[Skittles]

4. disgusting

[Syzygy321]

5. Millions of women have had this done to them.

And yet I have never heard of any free adult woman who wants to get it done to herself, by her own choice. It is universally done by force, to children.

Why does it persist? Here's a major reason:

Mohammed, the Muslim prophet, was asked by a follower whether it was a good practice. He said yes. That is why three of four schools of Sunni jurisprudence preach it.

If imams started preaching against it, it would be stamped out of the Muslim world within a generation.

Never gonna happen.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

6. Well it's certainly not the county I was

born and raised in anymore

What a fucked up shirt hole its become.