As many as 100,000 women in Britain have undergone female genital mutilations (FGM) with medics in the UK offering to carry out the illegal procedure on girls as young as 10, it has been reported.

Investigators from the Sunday Times said they had secretly filmed a doctor, dentist and alternative medicine practitioner who were allegedly willing to perform FGM or arrange for the operation to be carried out. The doctor and dentist deny any wrongdoing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/22/female-genital-mutilation-uk-medics

There is a huge lack of women in the top jobs in the UK and US.

Of 121 government ministers, including the cabinet, whips, Lords and 13 unpaid position just 17% are women. 

Not only are women a minority in many governments but they make up just 3% of the chief executives running Fortune 500 companies in the US and 15% of UK board members.

Read the full article in the Guardian

The demonisation of young women is contributing to the failure to secure more convictions of suspected rapists, one of the country’s leading prosecutors warns on Monday.

Read full Guardian article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/30/rape-victims-acquittals-chief-prosecutor