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IRELAND’S FIRST FGM clinic will open today, with an aim of providing treatment to the almost 4,000 women who have suffered female genital mutilation.
The clinic will be Ireland’s first specialist support service for FGM and will be officially opened at an event attended by the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), AkiDwA – the Migrant Women’s Network, and the HSE National Social Inclusion Office.
The service will be officially opened in the IFPA Clinic, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1 by the Minister of State with Responsibility for Primary Care, Alex White TD.
IFPA Medical Director Dr Catriona Henchion said:
This service will provide high quality medical and psychological care to the more than 3,780 women and girls in Ireland who have undergone FGM. The first specialist primary care service of its kind in the country, it is a landmark step forward in Ireland’s efforts to address the issue of FGM.
What is FGM?
FGM “includes procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons”, explains the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The WHO points out that the procedure has no health benefits for girls and women, and can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating.
It can also lead to cysts, infections, infertility and complications in childbirth.
FGM is recognised internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
It is usually carried out for cultural, social, or religious reasons and usually without pain relief or proper medical care. More than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut in the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is generally practiced, says the WHO.
It is carried out on young girls, at any stage between infancy and 15. Occasionally, it is carried out on adult women.
Is FGM legal in Ireland?
FGM was officially made illegal in Ireland in March 2012. The legislation prohibits the practice, but also means that anyone resident in Ireland who takes a girl abroad to have FGM performed on her can be prosecuted in Ireland.
The bill had been first proposed by Ivana Bacik. She said at the time: “This is a pressing issue in this country, particularly for migrant women and girls and their families.”
The new service is funded by the HSE National Social Inclusion Office and lead by the Irish Family Planning Association, with the support of AkiDwA.
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Meanwhile two tayto vans seen speeding into rear of rte studios!
Destroyed in a controlled manner? Was fire involved? Hope no one inhaled
So rte have used our licence money to buy drugs….now I have seen it all
Dobbo was seen last night begging for skins outside the chipper in Donnybrook…
Typical RTE… taxpayers’ money going up in smoke
Seen this last night, very good tutorial.
How much did he pay online ? We need to know the ins and out’s of this.Will this online system put local dealers out of business. Look, lets face it , drugs being delivered to RTE staff is hardly a new development. Besides the whole world is aware of Silk Road ect.I don’t really see what a report on RTE is going to achieve other than give a tutorial on how to shop online.
Long live The Dread Pirate Roberts!!! Arrrrrgh!*joking*
Eammon Dunphy snorted it.
That’s showbiz baby!!
”You just cant get good cocaine in this town”
My advise would have been to split it between Enda and Joan and chill them the feck out!!
Who needs Tor when you can just nip down to O’Connell Street any time of the day? My friendly face slashed drug dealer is always happy to see me. Not a Guard to be seen for miles….
Buying hash off a lad on O’Connell street? That’s as bad as buying steak from Tesco’s.
You mean horse from tesco.
Surely you mean horse.
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You need to get your gritty little paws on some bitcoin first..
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t it the “deep web” and not the “dark net.” I thought the dark net was a group of computers on a private connection where as the deep net is for sites such as the one shown which will not come up through ordinary search engines.
Thats why you really shouldn’t put too much faith in RTE reports on this kinda thing.
It’s the same thing. You need TOR to access dark net. To access a site on the dark net the address should end with .onion
Must end .onion
“Not that we’d ever suspected them anything — an RTÉ spokesperson confirmed this afternoon that the product was destroyed in a controlled manner, in keeping with programme guidelines.”
Yeah Cocaine is more their thing!
buying a bit of hash from overseas by post via tor is that really practical?
Assured quality, good prices, large variety of strains with info on each of potency and type of high, expedient discreet delivery and top notch customer service. Also many sites sell medical cannabis in tinture or resin form, far cheaper and exactly the same as Staivex. The whole system works on integrity and reputation so the sellers cant be nicer to you as bad reviews are bad for business.
I’d say most of the researchers smoked it because of all the sh 1 t on TV !
:) destroyed in a series of small fires
It really shows how out of date our drug laws are. We cannot hold back the tide when you can get it delivered to your door as easy as that. Enforcing drug laws is impossible and a new approach is required to better our society.
I have not had some brown for years! Would love one for old times sake. Nothing but weed around now. Thanks RTE, …. now where did you buy this?
I’m hungry. I don’t know why.
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Come to think of it I did see a lot of people in fancy suits and dresses heading towards the IFSC last night.
could RTE pass on the contact ?
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