Dear all, I'm glad to say that interest in this petition remains high; there is definitely momentum towards achieving successful FGM prosecutions in the UK. I have been asked quite a lot of questions on this topic recently, so if you should want to know more about the background to the legal situation (and its complexities) there is quite a lot of material in my books on FGM: * ERADICATING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (Routledge, 2015) https://www.routledge.com/products/9781472419941 - a 'handbook' on the issues * FEMALE MUTILATION (New Holland, 2016) http://newhollandpublishers.com/uk/health/1565-female-mutilation-9781742576077.html - over 70 narratives on the issues by survivors, activists and concerned professionals across five continents ... and I have also attached below an article which Dexter Dias, Felicity Gerry and I wrote a while ago, but which largely still holds true (but at least hospital now have to report, and some of the legal loop-holes have been closed). I hope this helps; and thank you so much for what you are all doing to keep up the pressure and, if you can, to secure more support for this e-petition. Very best, Hilary https://hilaryburrage.com/tag/law/