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Fact sheet on mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation
- From:
- Home Office
- Part of:
- Female genital mutilation and Violence against women and girls
- Published:
- 29 January 2016
- Last updated:
- 6 April 2016, see all updates
Fact sheet, with translations, for communities on mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation.
Documents
Duty for health and social care professionals and teachers to report female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police
PDF, 117KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Amharic አማርኛ
PDF, 124KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Arabic العربية
PDF, 725KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Bengali বাঙালি
PDF, 721KB, 2 pages
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Fact sheet: Farsi فارسی
PDF, 71KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: French
PDF, 677KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Portuguese
PDF, 668KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Somali
PDF, 667KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Swahili
PDF, 667KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Tigrinya ትግርኛ
PDF, 88.5KB, 1 page
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Fact sheet: Urdu اردو
PDF, 721KB, 1 page
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Details
This fact sheet gives an overview of the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty which came into force on 31 October 2015 via the Serious Crime Act 2015.
The fact sheet explains:
- what the duty means to communities
- what happens after a case has been reported to the police
- what the duty requires health and social care professionals and teachers in England and Wales to do
- what the duty won’t do
Document information
Published: 29 January 2016
Updated: 6 April 2016
- Translated factsheet published in 10 languages.
- First published.
From: Home Office
Part of: Female genital mutilation Violence against women and girls