In 2012 Felicity wrote the ground breaking article in The Guardian “Female Genital Mutilation: Time for a prosecution” following a successful presentation to CPS lawyers and other professionals on how the law in relation to FGM could be enforced. Since then she has appeared in the BAFTA nominated FGM documentary “The Cruel Cut” on channel 4, published a joint article in The Guardian on how to improve FGM law and a peer reviewed article in the special edition of the Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity “Let’s talk about Vaginas: Female Genital Mutilation, the failure of international obligations and how to end an abusive tradition“.
Felicity was a member of the working party for the UK Bar Human Rights Committee which prepared & submitted the influential report on FGM to the Home Affairs Committee in 2014. She has given guidance on statutory interpretation in relation to an FGM case abroad and is regularly approached to speak on FGM and other honour violence/ abuse issues, including appearing on a panel after the launch of the Integrate Bristol FGM play “My Normal Life” and an Australian Premiere of the Honour Diaries Movie.
