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Tanifum, W, 2021. Examining safeguarding implications and perspectives for overcoming female genital mutilation among Black Ethnic Minority communities in the UK. DSocPrac, Nottingham Trent University.
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Abstract
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a deep-rooted socio-cultural practice that continues to pose major health and psychological issues to girls and young women in a significant number of communities around the world, but predominantly in about 27 countries in Africa.
This study principally aims at providing a critical assessment of the practice of FGM, and the safeguarding concerns it poses for black minority ethnic (BME) girls in the UK. The objective is to analyse and interpret data collected from research participants to determine if emerging themes can propound a case for overcoming FGM in the UK, and ostensibly beyond.
Two separate participant groups provided primary data for the research, namely, survivors of FGM, and professionals in social work and education. Qualitative research methodologies have been applied to explore safeguarding implications of FGM to survivors of the practice. Concurrently, lived experiences from social work and education professionals are also collected and assessed in terms of how professional culturally congruent or incongruent practice might influence the practice of FGM in the UK. Ideas about how to overcome the practice are also gathered from both participant groups.
In total, thirteen respondents took part in the study. They were identified from two different cities in England and the data were collected from them on various dates. Among the thirteen participants, seven were selected from the community of FGM survivors, and six respondents were social work and education professionals.
Emerging themes from analysing and interpretating the data suggested that FGM continues to present safeguarding concerns for BME girls in the UK. However, further ideas from the data also suggested that there are chances of significantly curbing the practice of FGM in the UK if there is a wider social behaviour change among practising communities and social institutions by adhering to the concept of social convention.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Creators: | Tanifum, W. |
| Contributors: | Name Role NTU ID ORCID |
| Date: | September 2021 |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Jeremy Silvester |
| Date Added: | 01 Aug 2025 13:58 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2025 14:31 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/54104 |
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