{"id":14180,"date":"2016-03-17T13:13:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=14180"},"modified":"2016-03-17T13:13:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:13:47","slug":"female-genital-mutilation-more-victims-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/female-genital-mutilation-more-victims-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Female Genital Mutilation: more victims in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Victims of FGM in Cardiff becoming more evident, an activist warns.<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14240\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14240\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14240 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff.jpg\" alt=\"FGM in Cardiff\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14240 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff.jpg\" alt=\"FGM in Cardiff\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/FGM_Cardiff-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> FGM in Cardiff are largely from Somali origins \u00a9 UNICEF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Somali activist highlighted the prevalent issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Cardiff during <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amnesty International\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s campaign on Monday, 14 March at Cardiff University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amnesty International\u2019s ongoing<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/get-involved\/my-body-my-rights\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My Body My Rights campaign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> welcomed women\u2019s rights activist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NimkoAli\">Nimco Ali<\/a> who is originally from Cardiff wherein she emphasized the evident occurrence of FGM across England and Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMore than 30 percent of FGM victims are from Sudan, Somali, Eritrea, and Djioubti, the major populations that we have here in Cardiff, and they are type three FGM, meaning, those women are stitched up,\u201d says Ms Ali. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2015, it has been reported that the number of victims coming to Cardiff charities that give support have increased from 298 in the previous year to 788. Although it is a criminal offence since 1985, nobody has been persecuted in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe lack of prosecutions was because we didn\u2019t have any training, we didn\u2019t have support systems, we didn\u2019t have any way for children to come forward. I had it [FGM] when I was seven, I told my teacher, and she couldn\u2019t understand it. I was in a hospital when I was 11. And it wasn\u2019t as though I could pick up a piece of legislation and say this happened to me,\u201d explains Ms Ali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The gap that Ali has seen in females\u2019 access to support has prompted her advocacy of ending FGM through a non-profit organisation called <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dofeve.org\/about-us.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daughters of Eve<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which then tied seamlessly with Amnesty International\u2019s recent campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jac Larner, organizer of My Body, My Rights campaign, says: \u201cThe main focus is on improving or allowing women to better access their human rights. It\u2019s a broad range of things\u2014it could be violence against women and girls, access to abortion, access to general reproductive rights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14253\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14253\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali.jpg\" alt=\"Nimco Ali\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali.jpg\" alt=\"Nimco Ali\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/03\/Nimco-Ali-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Nimco Ali discussing FGM in Cardiff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the talk, Ms Ali also stressed that the dialogue about women\u2019s rights is something that people within Cardiff communities should join. \u00a0\u201cI came here [Cardiff] last time just before January elections with three ministers\u2014that\u2019s how big the FGM conversation was.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The extent of the conversation on FGM and the frequency of this problem in Wales have then triggered organisations such as Amnesty International to not only put forward this concern in their campaigns but also further the cause to the legislators all over the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAt the moment, we\u2019re focusing on the Assembly elections which are happening in May. There\u2019s also the London elections, the Scottish and Northern Irish elections. So, we\u2019re trying to build momentum towards that,\u201d Mr Larner adds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Learn more about how Nimco Ali expanded the conversation on FGM:<\/h3>\n<h3>The use of the\u00a0FGM hashtag has been known to help further the\u00a0advocacy:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So I talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fgm?src=hash\">#Fgm<\/a> today in my childhood city Cardiff. It was the first time I was not scared or feel like that child ignored 1\/2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nimco Ali (@NimkoAli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NimkoAli\/status\/709495599725473792\">March 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Among 3\/4 of countries where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FGM?src=hash\">#FGM<\/a> is prevalent, the majority of girls were cut by age 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/endFGM?src=hash\">#endFGM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CSW60?src=hash\">#CSW60<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNICEF (@UNICEF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEF\/status\/710088657156378624\">March 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n&#8220;I am breaking a gender stereotype by spearheading the fight against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FGM?src=hash\">#FGM<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/endfgm?src=hash\">#endfgm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNWOMEN4Youth\">@UNWOMEN4Youth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qepv0SDeNw\">pic.twitter.com\/Qepv0SDeNw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #MenENDFGM (@TonyMwebia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyMwebia\/status\/709776862243921921\">March 15, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nThere are no health benefits to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FGM?src=hash\">#FGM<\/a>.<br \/>\n So why are girls still getting cut? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kVTtFuZ7Tm\">https:\/\/t.co\/kVTtFuZ7Tm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophwilkinson\">@sophwilkinson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XRFn2uRttp\">pic.twitter.com\/XRFn2uRttp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Girl Effect (@girleffect) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/girleffect\/status\/708012341229522944\">March 10, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activist Nimco Ali talks about the intensity of FGM in the Welsh capital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":14237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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