Publication - Strategy/plan

Scotland's national action plan to prevent and eradicate FGM

Published: 4 February 2016
Part of: Communities and third sector, Health and social care
ISBN: 9781785449437

The national action plan to prevent and eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) sets out the objectives, actions and responsibilities required to drive and deliver change.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/

2. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/7483

3. http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/assets/0000/9061/FGM_Report_FINAL_A4portrait.pdf

4. WHO factsheet - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/

5. Other harmful procedures include elongation of the labia minora/majora. The labia are pulled/stretched over a period of time using herbs and other implements until they reach a defined length e.g. length of the middle finger. For the purposes of this FGM National Action Plan, Scottish Government also considers a large variety of procedures which do not remove tissue from the genitals. They are generally less associated with harm or risk than types I, II, III, where genital tissue is removed.

6. WHO Factsheet - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/

7. http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/

8. http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm

9. http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/convention-violence/about_en.asp

10. http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/what_we_do/policy_and_research/research_reports

11. Simpson, L (2014) Dynamics of Diversity: evidence from the 2011 census. How has ethnic diversity changed in Scotland? ESRC Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE), Manchester, p.1

12. UNHCR (2013) Too Much Pain. Female Genital Mutilation and Asylum in the European Union: A Statistical Overview, UNHCR, p.5

13. Shisheva, M, Christie, G, Mulvey, G (2013) Improving the Lives of Refugees in Scotland after the Referendum: An Appraisal of the Options, Scottish Refugee Council,Glasgow, p.5

14. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/38/contents

15. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/8/contents

16. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/9/contents/enacted

17. GIRFEC - http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright

18. http://www.scottishhumanrights.com/actionplan

19. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents

20. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/29807.aspx

21. CMO/CNO Letter http://www.equalitiesinhealth.org/FGM-CMO.pdf

22. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Equality/violence-women/FGM/Letter

23. http://www.womenssupportproject.co.uk/vawtraining/content/femalegenitalmutilation/277,234

24. http://www.womenssupportproject.co.uk/

25. http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/f/fgm.asp3052