WEBINAR: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) OAC session

This session is run by facilitators from the charity 'Oxford Against Cutting' and they are also from FGM-affected communities, which helps to make the training 'real'

Oxford Against Cutting (OAC) is a rights-based group working to end harmful cultural practices suffered by girls and women living in the Thames Valley.

The course is suitable for multi-agency practitioners and groups including teaching and pastoral staff at primary and secondary schools, home-school link workers, youth workers, police officers, domestic abuse workers, social workers, safeguarding leads in all organisations, health practitioners, student groups and anyone who comes into contact with children.

This content aims to cover the following:

• What is FGM?
• The law
• The harm
• Prevalence of FGM and why it is carried out
• Warning signs that FGM might be planned or may have occurred
• Tools
• Safeguarding and mandatory reporting
• Tips for talking to survivors
• What we can do as practitioners
• Human Rights messages
• Helplines