FORWARD in the Media

As Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is such an emotive issue, press coverage is often not balanced or sensitive to the sensibilities of communities. FORWARD wishes to be a media friendly organisation and seeks every opportunity to ensure that FGM and Child Marriage issues are accurately reported in the UK and the international press.

Please find below a sample of FORWARD press coverage that is available on line:

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Date	Item	Source
22 Jun 2008	Female circumcision: a tradition steeped in blood Read more...	The Independent
19 Feb 2008	The last female taboo Read more...	The Scotsman
05 Feb 2008	Hundreds of Liverpool girls 'mutilated' in African ritual Read more...	Liverpool Daily Post
07 Feb 2008	Gender Activists Mark International Zero Tolerance To FGM Day Read more...	Ghana News Today
03 Jan 2008	The unspeakable practice of female circumcision that's destroying young women's lives in Britain Read more...	Daily Mail
12 Mar 2007	FGM Eradication Efforts in the UK Read more...	RH Reality Check
10 Oct 2007	21,000 girls at risk of genital mutilation, say campaigners Read more...	Guardian Unlimited
09 Oct 2007	Thousands risk genital mutilation Read more...	BBC News
18 Aug 2006	Nigeria's 'dead women walking' Read more...	BBC News
26 Jul 2006	British Police Working To Stop Female Genital Mutilation Read more...	All Headline News
26 Jul 2006	Campaign tackles female circumcision Read more...	Reuters UK
24 Jul 2006	FGM: Weak laws eroding Kenya's gains Read more...	The Standard - Kenya
21 Jul 2006	Anti genital cutting experts to meet in Kenya Read more...	China View
08 Jun 2006	Female circumcision: Unending harmful tradition Read more...	Nigerian Tribune
11 Feb 2006	Make FGM History.....Launch of a campaign to make "FGM free villages" takes hold in 60 Egyptian villages (article in Arabic) Read more...	Asharq Alawsat (Arabic International Daily)
02 Feb 2006	Fight to End Mutilation Hits Gritty Juncture Read more...	Women's Enews
29 Jun 2005	Girls still facing Life of Pain Read more...	BBC
02 Jun 2005	Africa needs to be led from within Read more...	Letter in The Independent by Yvonne Craig
01 Jun 2005	Rites and Wrongs Read more...	The Guardian
28 May 2005	Senegalese Film Moolaadé Wins Certain Regard Reward at Cannes Film Festival: FORWARD launches the film in London (article in Arabic) Read more...	Asharq Alawsat (Arabic International Daily)
27 Mar 2004	Working to End Female Genital Mutilation (.pdf 74 KB) Read more...	British Medical Journal Careers Publication
22 Mar 2004	Female Circumcision "On the Rise" Read more...	BBC
03 Mar 2004	Blunkett welcomes law to end Female Genital Mutilation Read more...	Home Office / Wired-Gov (Government News Network)
03 Mar 2004	Female Circumcision Act in Force Read more...	BBC
21 Dec 2000	The Worst Cut Read more...	The Guardian
02 Nov 2000	Harmful tradition continues in Britain Read more...	BBC
02 Nov 2000	Female Circumcision Clamp Down Call Read more...	BBC
11 Nov 1998	3,000 UK girls risk female circumcision every year Read more...	BBC

FORWARD in the Media

Female circumcision: a tradition steeped in blood

The last female taboo

Hundreds of Liverpool girls 'mutilated' in African ritual

Gender Activists Mark International Zero Tolerance To FGM Day

The unspeakable practice of female circumcision that's destroying young women's lives in Britain

FGM Eradication Efforts in the UK

21,000 girls at risk of genital mutilation, say campaigners

Thousands risk genital mutilation

Nigeria's 'dead women walking'

British Police Working To Stop Female Genital Mutilation

Campaign tackles female circumcision

FGM: Weak laws eroding Kenya's gains

Anti genital cutting experts to meet in Kenya

Female circumcision: Unending harmful tradition

Make FGM History.....Launch of a campaign to make "FGM free villages" takes hold in 60 Egyptian villages (article in Arabic)

Fight to End Mutilation Hits Gritty Juncture

Girls still facing Life of Pain

Africa needs to be led from within

Rites and Wrongs

Senegalese Film Moolaadé Wins Certain Regard Reward at Cannes Film Festival: FORWARD launches the film in London (article in Arabic)

Working to End Female Genital Mutilation (.pdf 74 KB)

Female Circumcision "On the Rise"

Blunkett welcomes law to end Female Genital Mutilation

Female Circumcision Act in Force

The Worst Cut

Harmful tradition continues in Britain

Female Circumcision Clamp Down Call

3,000 UK girls risk female circumcision every year