Perception and barriers: reporting female genital mutilation (2018)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Gangoli,G.,Gill,A.,Mulvihill,N. & Hester,M.
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of and barriers to reporting female genital mutilation (FGM) by victims and survivors of FGM to the police in England and Wales.
Study Population: FGM victim-survivors
Findings: A noteworthy conclusion of this study was that all victims/survivors contacted by the authors said that they did not favor FGM and would not perform it on younger women in their own family. Second,the authors discovered that none of the respondents had informed the police of their encounter. Third,they identified key barriers to reporting,such as their belief that reporting their own experience would serve no purpose because they had experienced FGM as children in another country,and their inability to report new incidents of FGM in the community due to a lack of trust in the police resulting from previous negative experiences. Lastly,they concluded that FGM could only be prevented by community-based initiatives,not through involvement with the criminal court system
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Europe
Country(ies):United Kingdom