The hard facts
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The hard facts

Me Learning
Updated Jan 26, 2025

What you'll learn

  • Describe what FGM is and when and where it is performed
  • Refer to facts and figures of FGM in the UK
  • Explain the laws that help to protect women and girls from FGM
Course Description

Course Description

When we are safeguarding children, we're protecting against all types of abuse and neglect, and this includes abuse relating to female genital mutilation. It can be a difficult subject to understand, but this course has been designed to help you gain the knowledge you need within your role, and should also help towards reducing any anxiety you may have around your safeguarding repsonsibilities when working with or dealing with people who have different belief systems.

This is part of the Female Genital Mutilation course.

 

Target Audience

Those with duties and responsibilities of safeguarding children.

 

Course Duration

30 minutes