Efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK are gathering pace after a raft of measures to tackle the issue were announced by government.
The scale of the problem is increasingly clear. New research by City University in London estimates there are some 60,000 girls under the age of 14 born in England and Wales to mothers who have undergone FGM - a major risk factor for them becoming victims themselves.
The latest government measures to address the issue (see below) include a £1.4m programme run by NHS England to help care for victims and safeguard those at risk. Meanwhile, new civil orders will be introduced to try and prevent FGM taking place on girls deemed to be in danger; legislation will be changed so parents can be prosecuted for failing to protect their children from FGM; and victims of FGM will be offered anonymity for life.
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