This toolkit aims to support and assist education staff, partner agencies and CYP practitioners in their work with children, young people and families, providing information, advice and resources specific to FGM, Honour-based Violence (HBV) and Forced Marriage (FM).
Introduction
Honour Based Abuse (HBA) and Forced Marriage (FM) covers harmful cultural practices which are often under-reported because those at risk can feel tied by family or community loyalty, be too distressed to speak out or are afraid of the consequences.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision is the term for procedures which involve the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs, or injury to the female genital organs, for cultural, religious, social or other non-medical reasons within families and communities.