Response to the announcement that the mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first person to be found guilty of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
Jennette Arnold OBE AM, Deputy Chair of the London Assembly said:
“This is a landmark conviction that finally takes the Female Genital Mutilation law from theory to practice.
“FGM is a dangerous and repulsive act that we should never accept. All girls and all women in London have a right to feel safe.
“In our report in 2017, the Assembly urged the Mayor to encourage major stakeholders to move London towards a ‘zero cutting city’. Today’s ruling is a step closer to that.”
Notes to editors
- Read the London Assembly’s report into FGM here
- London Assembly website
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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