To: Prime Minister
SheforHer
Raise awareness about FGM within the Asian Community, and raise awareness of how parents groom their own daughters. I want women to stand up for women. I want women to stop their daughters FGM.
Why is this important?
FGM is the deliberate mutilation of female genitalia. This is often the removal or cutting of the labia and clitoris. The World Health Organization describes FGM as any procedure that injures the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM has no health benefits and is in fact very harmful to health in many ways. Even if carried out by a healthcare professional or if it takes place outside the UK. It is a form of gender-based violence, it is a human rights violation and it is a form of child abuse.
FGM is damaging.The lives of women and girls can be ruined by FGM. It causes physical and mental health problems which can go on for all of their lives. It is also extremely distressing and damages women's relationships and how they feel about themselves.
FGM does not need to happen. No one should be forced to have FGM and the law should protect women and girls who are at risk.
FGM is damaging.The lives of women and girls can be ruined by FGM. It causes physical and mental health problems which can go on for all of their lives. It is also extremely distressing and damages women's relationships and how they feel about themselves.
FGM does not need to happen. No one should be forced to have FGM and the law should protect women and girls who are at risk.
