Charlotte Proudman

Female Genital Mutilation (eBook, ePUB)

When Culture and Law Clash

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Female genital mutilation (FGM) has garnered significant media, political and legal attention in the UK. Despite criminalising the practice in 1985, FGM continues undetected and often underground. This monograph provides a unique insight into survivor's attitudes towards FGM as well as the criminalisation of a culturally embedded practice. Some of the narratives might be deeply uncomfortable as women sympathise and even uphold the practice, whilst others viscerally describe the trauma and pain that they endured. Digging deeper into efforts to eliminate FGM, professionals at the coalface of the end FGM movement provide their views on whether the practice can ever be eradicated. This volume explores the key themes that emerged from the well-publicised criminal trials in the UK and the barriers that prevent the law from working effectively. One of the obstacles that are examined further is the legal double standard in criminalising FGM whilst permitting female genital cosmetic surgery, which incites hostility and anger amongst FGM-performing communities. Whilst ending FGM is imperative, this enlightening work reflects on the unintended consequences that stem from punitive efforts to criminalise a practice performed by often Black, migrant communities. Women describe their experiences of racism and Islamophobia in a context of police surveillance and hyperbolic media narratives. In an effort of encouraging the abandonment of FGM, this publication highlights the need for the law to be accompanied by education initiatives at a grass-root level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780192633569
• Artikelnr.: 63320515

Autorenporträt

Dr Charlotte Proudman is a leader in the field of FGM law. Her research has made a significant contribution to scholarship and her practice as a barrister has had an unprecedented impact on case law and law reform in the UK. Charlotte is a Junior Research Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge where she researches the efficacy of FGM law in the UK and she was awarded a doctorate in FGM law and policy in the UK from King's College, Cambridge. As an award-winning barrister, Charlotte has represented FGM survivors in landmark cases and she was instrumental in the introduction of FGM Protection Orders.

Inhaltsangabe

* Forewords (by Dr. Leyla Hussein and Dexter Dias QC)
* Preface
* Introduction
* Overview of the Practice FGM
* Four Types of FGM
* Terminology
* Complex Dynamics of FGM
* Spoken Testimony About FGM
* Chapter One: Women's Stories of Female Genital Mutilation
* Introduction
* Control of a Girl and Woman's Sexuality
* Clash of Cultures: Maintaining Cultural Traditions in the UK
* Religious Beliefs
* Transgressing Social Norms and Breaking Taboos
* Conclusion
* Chapter Two: Criminalising Female Genital Mutilation
* Introduction
* Evolution of a Specific Criminal Offence for FGM
* Criminalising A Cultural Practice
* Four FGM Trials
* Conclusion
* Chapter Three: The Barriers to Criminalising FGM
* Introduction
* Awareness Raising: Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Laws
* Women's Attitudes Towards Criminalising FGM
* Questioning the Universal Label of Child Abuse
* FGM, Race and Racism
* Pushing FGM Underground
* The Changing 'Types' of FGM
* FGM Performed on Younger Girls
* Medical Practitioners Perform FGM
* FGM Performed Abroad
* Conclusion
* Chapter Four: Legal Hypocrisy: Female Genital Mutilation v Female
Genital Cosmetic Surgery
* Introduction
* A Double Legal Standard?
* What Women Really Think to FGCS
* FGCS: Divergent Opinions Amongst Professionals
* Conclusion
* Chapter Five: A Novel Legal Remedy: Female Genital Mutilation
Protection Orders
* Introduction
* Background to FGMPOs
* The First Reported Family Law Case of FGM
* Female Genital Mutilation Orders
* The Interrelationship Between FGMPOs and Immigration Law
* Conclusion
* Epilogue
* Appendices