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OPINION - A first FGM conviction is great, but we must fight on to end this torture entirely

OPINION - A first FGM conviction is great, but we must fight on to end this torture entirely

Last week a woman was found guilty of taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor was convicted at the Old Bailey of assisting a non-UK person to carry out the procedure overseas 17 years ago. This landmark conviction, the first of its kind under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, shows what risks British girls face. But it also demonstrates that mandatory reporting by teachers and the health sector of any suspected cases — or of girls at risk — is working.

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