Advertisement

Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

Support us today
Not now
Monday 27 March 2023 Dublin: 9°C

# Female Genital Mutilation

All time
# FGM
Retrial for two convicted of female genital mutilation after convictions quashed on appeal
The trial has been ruled “unfair” by the Court of Appeal because of issues with translation.
16.3k
0
Nov 18th 2021, 2:29 PM
# FGM
Parents jailed over female genital mutilation of daughter want child re-examined
A court heard there is “some disagreement between medical experts” regarding what actually happened to the girl.
24.7k
0
Mar 22nd 2021, 2:18 PM
# Dublin
Father convicted of FGM of daughter to appeal his sentence
The man and his wife were jailed in January, in the first case of its kind in Ireland.
23.1k
0
May 26th 2020, 4:09 PM
# Female Genital Mutilation
'Consequences of this huge physical intrusion on women are so enormous': MEPs back resolution to end FGM
It comes after a couple were found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal court last month of carrying out FGM on their young daughter.
22.0k
0
Feb 12th 2020, 10:32 PM
# Female Genital Mutilation
'It’s child abuse': FGM lawyer who helped prosecute over 100 people in France welcomes first-ever Irish prosecution
In an exclusive interview with TheJournal.ie, Linda Weil-Curiel praises the sentences handed down at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court earlier this week.
17.6k
0
Feb 1st 2020, 10:00 PM
# Female Genital Mutilation
'It was most unlikely the girl’s injuries happened the way her parents alleged': How gardaí handled Ireland's first FGM trial
A married couple were yesterday given prison sentences after being convicted of allowing female genital mutilation to be carried out on their young daughter.
30.9k
0
Jan 28th 2020, 12:05 AM
# Dublin
Ireland's first FGM conviction: Father sentenced to 5.5 years, mother sentenced to 4 years and 9 months
Judge Elma Sheahan described the parents’ actions as “the most egregious breaches of trust by those who are presumed to protect their infant child”.
113k
0
Updated
Jan 27th 2020, 1:15 PM
# Dublin
Parents convicted of allowing FGM to be carried out on daughter to be sentenced today
The couple were found guilty following a trial last November.
14.1k
0
Jan 27th 2020, 6:00 AM
# Dublin
Parents convicted of 'extremely serious offence' of FGM to be sentenced next month
Female genital mutilation carries a maximum sentence of up to 14 years in prison.
9.9k
0
Dec 20th 2019, 1:21 PM
# Genital Mutilation
'There was no anaesthetic, nothing': Call for urgent action to protect girls in Ireland from FGM
Ireland’s first conviction for female genital mutilation has highlighted how girls are at risk here.
76.6k
0
Dec 7th 2019, 12:05 AM
# evidence
Race, religion and prejudice: The issues raised at Ireland’s first FGM trial
A married couple were yesterday convicted of allowing female genital mutilation to be carried out on their daughter.
12.7k
0
Nov 29th 2019, 6:15 AM
# Dublin
Parents found guilty in Ireland's first female genital mutilation trial
Judge Elma Sheahan has remanded the couple in custody.
53.7k
0
Nov 28th 2019, 2:53 PM
# Dublin
Jury in FGM trial told they have to make an 'immensely important decision'
A father and mother deny carrying out female genital mutilation on their daughter at their Dublin home in 2016.
15.7k
0
Updated
Nov 27th 2019, 4:44 PM
# Dublin
FGM expert tells court it is 'not possible' that toy caused girl's injuries
The girl’s father gave evidence today, both he and his wife deny carrying out FGM on their daughter at their Dublin home in 2016.
24.3k
0
Updated
Nov 26th 2019, 5:09 PM
# Dublin
Woman accused of FGM says she is a victim herself and would not do the same to her daughter
A father and mother deny carrying out female genital mutilation on their daughter at their Dublin home in 2016.
30.7k
0
Updated
Nov 25th 2019, 5:45 PM
# Dublin
Blood found on carpet in home of couple accused of female genital mutilation of daughter, court hears
A DNA expert told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court the blood matched that of the injured girl.
15.2k
0
Nov 21st 2019, 12:40 PM
# Dublin
Couple accused of female genital mutilation claim daughter sustained injuries when she fell on toy
Two doctors told a court that the injuries sustained by the girl are not consistent with falling on an object.
39.3k
0
Updated
Nov 20th 2019, 4:50 PM
# FGM
'I used to cut the girls, sometimes I would cut the wrong part and they would bleed terribly'
Women in Kenya are fighting back against FGM, child marriage and gender-based violence.
118k
20
Jul 21st 2019, 9:00 PM
# cutting
How people in Cork are fighting back against FGM
“People don’t speak about it unless a victim of this heinous crime speaks out.”
25.8k
24
Mar 18th 2018, 7:30 PM
# Dr Ali Selim
Muslim spokesperson apologises for saying it's acceptable for girls to undergo FGM
“I condemn FGM in the strongest terms.”
20.3k
108
Feb 15th 2018, 5:30 PM
# Condemnation
'Harmful and sinful': Islamic Centre of Ireland issues fatwa against female genital mutilation
Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri issued the fatwa after a senior Muslim figure in Ireland said the practice is acceptable in some cases.
29.9k
118
Feb 13th 2018, 7:18 AM
# Dr Ali Selim
Muslim spokesman criticised for saying it's acceptable for girls to undergo FGM
Healthcare professionals and the Islamic community have criticised the comments made by the Clonskeagh Mosque’s spokesman.
51.9k
324
Feb 10th 2018, 12:47 PM
# threats and intimidation
'Whenever you talk about female genital mutilation there's a backlash'
About 2,700 girls living in Ireland may be at risk of undergoing the practice.
18.7k
79
Feb 6th 2018, 6:15 AM
# FGM
Couple to face trial accused of mutilating their daughter's genitals at Dublin home
The couple was arrested this morning.
22.4k
0
Dec 21st 2017, 4:21 PM
# FGM
'I was haunted by the blood I caused by circumcising girls'
Almost 3,000 girls living in Ireland could be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation.
36.0k
57
Jun 24th 2017, 10:00 PM
# Female Genital Mutilation
Lack of FGM training: 'Irish doctors and nurses can be at a loss over what to do'
A new programme is starting in Cork that will serve to educate and offer support people who are affected by FGM.
10.5k
24
Jan 26th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Banned
No one has ever been convicted of female genital mutilation in Ireland
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said there have been no prosecutions despite the law being in effect for four years.
12.3k
36
Jan 2nd 2017, 6:15 AM
# FGM
"A human rights violaton, worse than child abuse" - committee on genital mutilation wants action from gardaí
An Eritrean national, herself the subject of FGM, says she hopes a full prosecution will follow in the case of a man arrested in Dublin in connection with the suspected mutilation of a baby girl.
12.5k
87
Sep 28th 2016, 6:15 AM
# FGM
Man arrested after suspected genital mutilation on two-year-old girl
A file will go to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
49.4k
201
Sep 24th 2016, 8:29 AM
# Female Genital Mutilation
'I used a razor blade and often cut ten girls a day'
There are over 140 million girls and woman across the world with cut genitals and this dangerous and painful practice continues today.
45.9k
80
Feb 6th 2016, 7:45 AM
# ending fgm
There's a new €163k plan to fight female genital mutilation in Ireland
Nearly 4,000 people in Ireland are estimated to be victims of FGM.
14.6k
96
Feb 5th 2016, 11:50 AM
# dropping the knife
Photos: Why these 9 women stopped carrying out female genital mutilation on young girls
Some 78% of girls and women in The Gambia undergo female circumcision – but that figure is slowly dropping.
33.2k
35
Nov 22nd 2015, 9:00 PM
# South Africa
'It comes down to private parts of a woman, cut out and kept as trophies.'
A Danish man has been accused of keeping 21 pieces of female genitalia in his freezer.
23.5k
0
Sep 22nd 2015, 11:27 AM
# Not Guilty
Doctor cleared in Britain's first ever female genital mutilation trial
He was accused of performing an FGM procedure on a woman who gave birth at his hospital in 2012 following damage caused by labour.
15.4k
21
Feb 4th 2015, 8:54 PM
# London
Doctor accused of female genital mutilation of woman after childbirth
The woman initially underwent FGM in Somalia at the age of six. Her stitches tore during childbirth.
13.5k
0
Jan 19th 2015, 4:55 PM
# law on paper
Why have there been no prosecutions for female genital mutilation in Ireland?
FGM was outlawed in Ireland two years ago, but no one has been convicted under the new law yet.
10.9k
67
Aug 3rd 2014, 8:15 AM
# Children
More training needed for teachers on female genital mutilation to identify children at risk
In Ireland it is estimated that 3,780 women have undergone female genital mutilation.
15.9k
24
Jul 28th 2014, 7:15 AM
Voices
Opinion: Equality and social justice for women is my life’s work
In the run-up to Africa Day, Salome Mbugua discusses her social justice work in Ireland and various African countries.
379
41
May 23rd 2014, 1:00 PM
Voices
Column: 'Africa is not a single country, many countries and cultures make up the continent'
Africa Day celebrations are taking place nationwide this week. Here, writer and broadcaster Carol Azams writes about her life in Ireland.
180
58
May 20th 2014, 1:03 PM
# FGM
Woman arrested at Heathrow Airport for conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation
A 13-year-old girl travelling with her has been taken into care.
20.7k
30
May 10th 2014, 8:15 AM
1
2
Next Articles