Chair of GT Manchester FGM Forum

 Established in June 2011 Aim  To enable statutory and voluntary organizations to work in partnership to prevent and reduce incidents of Female Genital Mutilation in Greater Manchester

 Resistance  Lack of awareness  Evidencing the issue  Commissioned New Economy  Produced a Prevalence report

The aim of the research was to provide an understanding and scale of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Greater Manchester, and also to identify any gaps in data and highlight key sources of information that may be used to improve knowledge.

Greater Manchester is one of the 5 hotspots for FGM in the UK

 CMFT (Central Manchester Foundation Trust)  Pennine Acute Health Trust (Bury, Oldham, North Manchester, Rochdale )  Pupil Ethnicity (Manchester only)  NINO (registration)  WHO  Forward UK  NW Regional Strategic Migration Partnership Live birth Data

 Manchester has the greatest volume of births to African mothers and is clearly a key area where intervention is needed  Salford & Bolton had 2 nd Highest volume of births  Rochdale showing 3 rd Highest  Large increases in births to African mothers in Bury and Wigan (numbers lower than GT Manchester average)

 2 reversals carried out per month at St Marys  More women seen in antenatal with Types 1 & 2 which do not require further surgical intervention  37 cases of FGM reported in 2010 by PAHT: ◦ The average age of women is 31 years, with a range of 23 – 41 years. ◦ The majority of women were born in Africa ◦ North Manchester General Hospital saw the majority of patients.

 City of Manchester has the highest proportion of all the nationalities analysed  Salford and Bolton have the second highest proportions for all other nationalities analysed.  Rochdale & Oldham Iraq  Stockport & SalfordEgypt  Trafford India  Wigan Sudan  Tameside & Bury Ethiopian

 Sudanese  Somalian  Eritrean  Ethiopian  Muslim Bohra  Kurdish  Sierra Leone  Gambian  Nigerian  Egyptian

 Raised the profile of FGM  Commissioned a GM prevalence report  Developed and trained 20 trainers across the region to deliver FGM training  Developed GM wide Safeguarding Protocol  Developed E-learning training package  Oldham and Wigan deliver regular FGM training sessions

 Working closely with frontline community groups supporting victims of FGM (AFRUCA, BSCA, NESTAC,)  Developed leaflets for professionals  School Mapping  Training Mapping  Supported a community Local Radio station to develop a FGM project

 Engaging with faith leaders  Developing a GM wide strategy  Developing a education resource  Publicity campaign  Roll out of further training

 All Forum members for YOUR hard work over the years  All our supporters