France’s tough stance on female genital mutilation is working, say campaigners
Parents and 'cutters' have been jailed in France but concerns remain that parents go abroad – including to UK – for FGM
Campaign to halt female genital mutilation tops 150,000 signatures
Guardian-backed campaign calls on Michael Gove to launch initiative to protect girls from being mutilated
Michael Gove is urged to take action over petition on female genital mutilation
Campaign against female genital mutilation gathers more than 130,000 signatures but education secretary refuses its request to contact headteachers directly on the issue
Female genital mutilation: Scotland’s government to ask all schools to act
Holyrood's response at odds with Westminster as Michael Gove remains silent after more than 126,000 sign Guardian petitionIf you want education sinister Michael Gove to follow the example of Scotland's Michael Russell, and instruct head teachers to teach FGM in schools, sign the petition here
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Kenyan ‘cutter’ says female genital mutilation is her livelihood
Margaret, who has put more girls through FGM than she can remember, says cutters ask her how they will eat if they stop
10 reasons why our FGM law has failed – and 10 ways to improve it
Dexter Dias, Felicity Gerry and Hilary Burrage: Female genital mutilation has been a crime in the UK for 29 years. There are 65,000 girls at risk. There have been no prosecutions
Female genital mutilation: facts you need to know about the practice
The practice is usually done by a midwife using a razor blade and up to 24,000 girls are at risk of being mutilated in the UK
Female genital mutilation: pressure on Gove to inform teachers of practice
More than 100,000 people urge Department for Education to write to teachers and tell them to inform children and parents about FGMSign the petition to Michael Gove
NHS hospitals will have duty to report FGM, government announces
New obligation is aimed at helping Department of Health build more accurate picture of prevalence of female genital mutilation