It’s currently FGM Week of Action, and groups in North London are raising awareness through film screenings, workshops and public discussions.

FGM has been illegal in the UK since 1986 but its estimated that in London 2.1% of women are affected by it.

Yesterday evening, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Camden organised an event to discuss what the research community can do to help eliminate FGM.

NSPCC estimate that 137,000 women and girls are affected by FGM in England and Wales.