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16 Days of Activism - Female Genital Mutilation is simultaneously a local and global issue
As the Met Police’s operational lead for female genital mutilation (FGM) and other Harmful Practices. I’ve been in this role since 2015 and a police officer for over 25 years. The benefit of having both a fair bit of service as well as experience ...
RCM mentoring platform - Thoughts of mentee
My midwifery career began more than 21 years ago when I started working clinically as a staff midwife at a large hospital in the East of England. That hospital is now an even larger teaching hospital with a tertiary level NICU, a busy and demanding ...
16 Days of Activism - 'Stitched'
My journey to becoming an activist was an unusual one. Integrate UK started about the time I went to secondary school and my English teacher at the time was one of the co-founders of the charity. In school, I heard about FGM, which I knew so little ...
16 Days of Activism - One Man, Too Many Wives
Polygamy is not something we see an awful lot of in Britain. The vast majority of the population marries just one person at a time. When we hear of people marrying more than once without getting divorced, its newsworthy because it’s rare … and illegal! ...
16 Days of Activism - Not for Love But to Control
When we think of a forced marriage, we often visualise a fragile female, chained and dragged behind a much older man towards the altar. Whilst this may be a helpful visualisation of the force, coercion and control involved, the reality that so ...Pressures in maternity services: what the maternity statistics tell us
The RCM’s Director of Professional Midwifery, Dr Mary Ross-Davie, and Professional Adviser for Quality & Standards, Lia Brigante, identify longer ante- and post-partum stays as a possible root of additional pressure on maternity servicesMale violence against women is endemic
For too long violence against women and girls has been viewed as a private and individual matter.8 Tips for Responding to Domestic Abuse for Maternity Healthcare Professionals
Pregnancy is a time of heightened vulnerability to domestic abuse, not because it is necessarily more prevalent, but because it may start or become more severe antenatally.
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
16 Days of Activism is an international campaign and yearly event, coordinated by the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership, which runs from 25 November until 10 December, culminating in International Human Rights Day. The 16 Days of Activism ...