Further information about the subject of Female Genital Mutilation can be found by referring to the following:



Female Genital Mutilation Risk and Safeguarding: Guidance for professionals (2015)
Department of Health, UK Government

Commissioning services to support women and girls with female genital mutilation (2015)
Department of Health, UK Government

Tackling Female Genital Mutilation in Scotland (2014)
Helen Baillot, Nina Murray, Elaine Connelly and Dr Natasha Howard

FGM Types and Identification (2014)
Sarah Creighton, FGM National Clinical Group

FGM Prevalence Dataset (2014)
Sam Sibeko, Health and Social Care Information Centre

FGM Clinical Standards (leaflet) (2013)
FGM National Clinical Group

The facts about FGM (booklet) (2012)
University College London Hospitals on behalf of the FGM National Clinical Group

The facts about FGM (leaflet) (2012)
University College London Hospitals on behalf of the FGM National Clinical Group

Female Genital Mutilation: Caring for patients and safeguarding children (2011)
British Medical Association

Multi-Agency: Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation (2011)
HM Government

Global strategy to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation (2010)
World Health Organisation

How experiences and attitudes relating to female circumcision vary according to age on arrival in Britain (2004)
A study among young Somalis in London. Ethnicity and Health, 9(1), 75-100
Morison, L. A., Dirir, A., Elmi, S., Warsame, J., & Dirir, S.

Female genital mutilation in developed countries (2001)
Bosch X. Lancet. 358: 1177-1179

Working together to safeguard children Department of Health London (1999)
Department of Health

Female Genital Mutilation Act (2003)
Chapter 31. Crown Copyright. (Accessed May 2006)

Female Genital Mutilation: Female circumcision. Diplomate. 5: 86-90 (1998)
Gordon H.

Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act (1995)
Her Majesty’s Stationary Office London, HM Government (UK)

1989 Children Act
Her Majesty’s Stationary Office London, HM Government (UK)

2003 Female Genital Mutilation Act
Her Majesty’s Stationary Office London, HM Government (UK)

London Child Protection Procedures (2003)
London Child Protection Committee. Email: lcpc@alg.gov.uk

Female Genital Mutilation: Analysis of the first twelve months of a specialist southeast London clinic (2002)
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 108;(2) :186
Momoh C, Shamez L, Lockrie D, Rymer J.

Female Genital Mutilation, asylum seekers and refugees: the need for an integrated UK policy agenda (2002)
Forced Migration Review. 14:35. (Accessed May 2006)
Powell RA, Lawrence A, Mwangi-Powell FN & Morison L.

Female Genital Mutilation, asylum seekers and refugees: the need for an integrated European union agenda (2004)
Health Policy, 70: 151-162
Powell RA, Leye E, Jayakody A, Mwangi-Powell FN, Morison L.

Female Genital Mutilation: A RCN educational resource for nursing and midwifery staff (2007) (PDF)
RCN Publications, Royal College of Nursing

A systematic review of the health complications of Female Genital Mutilation including sequelae in childbirth (2000) (PDF)
Geneva: World Health Organisation (Accessed May 2006)

An assessment of voluntary and community sector activities tackling FGM in the UK (2009) (PDF)
Women's Resource Centre



Female Genital Mutilation – Book (November) Publishers-Radcliffe Medical Press
(01235528820) (2005) ISBN- 1 85775-693-2

Female Genital Mutilation; More Common than you think. Nursing in Practice Jan/Feb
Number 20, pages 57-59. (2005)

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 16:477-480 No 6 December (2004)