TL;DR - Oxford Doesn't Understand Genital Mutilation [31/Aug/16]

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http://oxfordagainstcutting.org/resources/

Prevelance in Africa and Middle East, very relevant to Oxford:
http://oxfordagainstcutting.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/resources.jpg

Populations of London:
http://data.london.gov.uk/census/data/
http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/londons-geography-population/londons-population-by-ethnicity/

Rates of FGM:
http://www.equalitynow.org/sites/default/files/Prevalence_of_FGM_in_England_and_Wales.pdf

An Oxford guide to FGM:
http://oxfordagainstcutting.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Booklet-Lets-Talk-About-FGM-with-charity-reg-pdf.pdf

Male type 3 genital mutilation:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U0EyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=penile+flaying&source=bl&ots=wzLBJxj7Bd&sig=7SSfJs7X-JDwqTUdxvpmaoHqddM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfrrLo6evOAhUpDcAKHdXjBxQQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=penile%20flaying&f=false
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1967.69.3-4.02a00070/pdf
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/a-long-tradition-of-abuse/story-e6frg7ko-1111114103617?nk=aa5e3642fc3e0ee45d9f5dbfdf393ca3-1472654434

Male circumcision was used for a load of reasons, many of them basically torture:
http://www.historyofcircumcision.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=0
http://whale.to/a/timeline.html

Stories taken from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482799/6_1587_HO_MT_Updates_to_the_FGM_The_Facts_WEB.pdf
http://www.forwarduk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Forward_-FGM-FAQ.pdf

Women need to stop cutting their daughters:
http://www.unfpa.org/resources/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-frequently-asked-questions#who_performs
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/04/female-genital-mutilation-cutting-anthropologist/389640/

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