{"id":33548,"date":"2014-07-22T11:04:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T11:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=33548"},"modified":"2014-07-22T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T11:07:25","slug":"parents-to-be-prosecuted-for-fgm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/parents-to-be-prosecuted-for-fgm\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents to be prosecuted for FGM"},"content":{"rendered":"
Parents will face prosecution if they fail to stop their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) under new measures being announced.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister David Cameron is unveiling a \u00a31.4m prevention programme aimed at ending the practice at a global summit in London.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that up to 137,000 women and girls living in England and Wales could have undergone FGM.<\/p>\n
The Girl Summit will also look at ways to end forced marriage.<\/p>\n
Hosted by the UK government and children’s charity Unicef, the summit will be attended by international politicians, campaigners including the Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, and women who have undergone FGM.<\/p>\n
Speaking ahead of the conference, Mr Cameron said: “All girls have the right to live free from violence and coercion, without being forced into marriage or the lifelong physical and psychological effects of female genital mutilation.<\/p>\n
“Abhorrent practices like these, no matter how deeply rooted in societies, violate the rights of girls and women across the world, including here in the UK.”<\/p>\n
‘Big challenge’<\/strong><\/p>\n The FGM prevention programme will see the NHS working with girls affected by the practice.<\/p>\n Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the executive director of UN Women, said the situation is improving but many girls remain at risk.<\/p>\n She said: “There’s traction and more people that are willing to take a stand, but not enough yet.<\/p>\n “The fact that 30 million girls are at risk of being cut in the coming years clearly means that we have a big challenge on our hands.”<\/p>\n Priscilla Karim, who was forced to undergo FGM in Sierra Leone aged nine, described her ordeal.<\/p>\n She said: “I felt the worst pain of my life and a heavy object sitting on my chest and I just passed out.<\/p>\n “It’s like a taboo, they don’t tell you about it. You cannot tell anybody.<\/p>\n “I grew up with the fear that if I say to anyone, I was going to die because that was what they made me believe – that whatever happens there is kind of a secret.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Parents will face prosecution if they fail to stop their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) under new measures being announced. Prime Minister David Cameron is unveiling a \u00a31.4m prevention programme aimed at ending the practice at a global summit in London. It is estimated that up to 137,000 women and girls living in England […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":33551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[15],"yoast_head":"\n