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<p>The Girl Summit, hosted by the Prime Minister and UNICEF in July 2014, underlined
the United Kingdom’s leadership in stamping out forced marriage and female genital
mutilation (FGM).</p><p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence and the first conviction
was secured last month. We also introduced a package of new measures to tackle FGM
through the Serious Crime Act 2015 including victim anonymity, mandatory reporting
of FGM, a new offence of parental liability and the introduction of FGM protection
orders.</p><p>The Government recognises that legislation alone is not enough to tackle
FGM and forced marriage, and our specialist FGM and Forced Marriage Units lead and
deliver wide-ranging prevention and awareness-raising work.</p>
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