The guidance, which has been developed by the London SafeguardingChildren Board, is the culmination of a year-long project that exploredhow to protect children and young people at risk of suffering FGM.
It includes help on how to identify when a child may be at risk and howto appropriately protect the child.
It also suggests how workers can broach the subject by offeringprofessionals a template for how to question a child or young person atrisk of FGM.
The resource pack will be launched on 26 November at a school in theLondon borough of Southwark.
Research carried out in 2007 that found up to 24,000 girls under the ageof 15 were at risk of FGM.
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