Reforms include holding parents responsible and better police response to honour-based violence such as forced marriage
The government is to set up a female genital mutilation unit, as part of a wide-ranging package of reforms to stop the practice in the UK.
Speaking at the Girl Summit a major international conference in London designed to highlight the issues of FGM and child marriage the home secretary, Theresa May, said the cross-party unit would help protect thousands of girls across the country.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.
The government is to set up a female genital mutilation unit, as part of a wide-ranging package of reforms to stop the practice in the UK.
Speaking at the Girl Summit a major international conference in London designed to highlight the issues of FGM and child marriage the home secretary, Theresa May, said the cross-party unit would help protect thousands of girls across the country.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.