Our thanks to A for pointing us to this. David Cameron will be interviewed this afternoon by a House of Commons Select Committee about ‘violence against women and girls’, female genital mutilation, and other issues relating to women and girls. The session will be broadcast live on BBC Parliament at 4pm today. We look forward to seeing if he’ll show any concerns for male victims of violence or genital mutilation, which is carried out in NHS hospitals and elsewhere, unregulated, in the UK every day of the week. Don’t hold your breath.
From the BBC website:
Themes
The meeting will focus on the following themes:
- Violence against women and girls
- Energy policy and environmental priorities.
The issues likely to be raised include:
Violence against women and girls
- International development and action to tackle violence against women and girls
- Preventing sexual violence in conflict
- Sexual harassment in the armed forces
- Female genital mutilation – nationally and internationally
- Child sexual exploitation
- Human trafficking/modern day slavery
- UK implementation of international agreements
- Domestic violence
- Sex education and the role of schools
- Housing and the benefits system
