Government to tackle FGM crime

The home office has launched a new drive to tackle the “hidden crime” of female genital mutilation.

Materials highlighting the potential consequences of the practice will be distributed into communities where statistics suggest it is more prevalent.

Titled Let’s Protect Our Girls, the campaign is the latest attempt to clamp down on FGM, which comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury.