A review of the law surrounding female genital mutilation protection orders Home, Joseph, Rowland, Andrew, Gerry, Felicity, Proudman, Charlotte and Walton, Kimberley 2020, A review of the law surrounding female genital mutilation protection orders, British Journal of Midwifery, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 418-429, doi: 10.12968/bjom.2020.28.7.418. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A review of the law surrounding female genital mutilation protection orders Author(s) Home, Joseph Rowland, Andrew Gerry, Felicity orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-9492 Proudman, Charlotte Walton, Kimberley Journal name British Journal of Midwifery Volume number 28 Issue number 7 Start page 418 End page 429 Total pages 13 Publisher Mark Allen Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2020-07-02 ISSN 0969-4900 2052-4307 Keyword(s) Female genital mutilation Protection order Midwife Continuing professional development Summary Performing female genital mutilation (FGM) is prohibited within the UK by the FGM Act of 2003. A mandatory reporting duty for FGM requires regulated health and social care professionals and teachers in England and Wales to report known cases of FGM in under 18-year-olds to the police. An application to the court for an FGM protection order (FGMPO) can be made to keep individual women and girls safe from FGM. This paper reveals the significant disconnect between the number of FGMPO applications and known recorded cases of FGM. The introduction of FGMPOs requires critical exploration as there is insufficient evidence to show that FGMPOs are effective in protecting women and girls from FGM. It is therefore unclear what impact, if any, FGMPOs are having upon the protection of women and girls at risk of FGM. The barriers to the implementation of FGMPOs and possible solutions are discussed. Language eng DOI 10.12968/bjom.2020.28.7.418 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1110 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30145070 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law Law Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 09 Nov 2020, 13:14:18 EST Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 04:01:01 EST Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 05:04:57 EST Thu, 12 Nov 2020, 10:24:46 EST Thu, 12 Nov 2020, 10:26:00 EST Fri, 13 Nov 2020, 06:56:48 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 39 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 09 Nov 2020, 13:14:18 EST

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