Alice Onwordi
Alice Onwordi is a freelance writer and journalist who has written for the Guardian, New Statesman, Time Out, The Ecologist and Prospect.
Articles by Alice Onwordi
Finally, some good news on FGM
Up to 20,000 girls in the UK are at risk of suffering genital mutilation, and more than 60,000 women already live with the consequences of these illegal procedures, yet there has not been a single prosecution. Could that be about to change, asks Alice Onwordi
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The cutting season: Female Genital Mutilation and the UK
Over the school holidays hundreds of British girls are taken abroad to undergo a procedure that is internationally recognised as a violation of their human rights. Alice Onwordi reports
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Saving the Lords Spiritual
With defeat likely in next week’s AV referendum, Nick Clegg’s hopes will lie with reforming the House of Lords. But he looks set to compromise and keep the bishops in place, reports Alice Onwordi
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