Oxford Against Cutting will soon be rebranding to: Sundial Centre for Education on Harmful Practices
For media enquiries please contact media(at)sundialcentre.org
Media guidelines for HBA, by Savera UK
Rubie Marie, Caroline Goode and Jaswant Narwal – ‘Handling cases of ‘honour’-based abuse in the police and CPS’
Dr Mohammad Mazher Idriss – Male activism and the impacts of HBA on boys and men
Sobia Afridi – Fertility
Seema Dhanak and Arifa Naeem – Mental health
Arifa Naeem and Sobia Afridi – Female Perpetrators
Fatou Badjie and Sobia Afridi – Polygamy
Elmore, Rubie Marie and Sobia Afridi – Duress
Thames Valley Police – Modern Slavery
Dr Brian Earp and Dr Fuambai Ahmadu – Should adult women be able to consent to genital alterations?
Naz Shah, MP and Seema Dhanak, from V2SEmpowerment and Sobia Afridi – Abandoned Brides
Babs Ceesay and Dr Sharon Dixon, Trustee for Oxford Against Cutting – FGM and Life Stages
Nina Aouilk and Sarnjit Kaur – “Honour”-based abuse and forced marriage
Abi Wycherley and Dot Pritchard – Pornography, Body Image and Smart Phones
Sahar Zand and Sobia Afridi- Virginity Testing and Hymenoplasty
Naseem Sarbattawalia and Fatou Badjie – Barriers to sexual abuse services
This year on World AIDS Day we have partnered with Oxfordshire Public Health to produce messaging in Punjabi, Urdu and Arabic to raise awareness and break the stigma of HIV.
Watch the message here: Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic
Lucky Roy Singh and Monica Majumdar, (10/12/2020)
Rubie Marie and Monica Majumdar, part two (11/11/2020)
Hoda Ali and Monica Majumdar, (27/10/2020)
Rubie Marie and Monica Majumdar, (08/10/2020)
Bethel Tadesse and Monica Majumdar, (02/10/2020)
Anj Handa and Monica Majumdar, (18/09/2020)
Sandy Abdel Rahman and Monica Majumdar, (14/08/2020)
Kaddy Touray and Monica Majumdar, (03/07/2020)
Hibo Wardere and Monica Majumdar, (26/06/20)
Rubie Marie and forced marriage, BBC News, Feb 2024
Rubie Marie talking about forced marriages, Desi Blitz, Feb 2024
Rubie Marie talking about forced marriage, BBC West Midlands News, Feb 2024
Body Image Workshops at The Warriner School, covered by BBC South Today, March 23
Web Cafe coverage by That’s TV, February 2023
Talking about FGM in Schools, presentation by CEO for Public Policy Exchange, August 2022
Press Release: National Lottery Good Causes – July 2022
5Ms – True Sharif Films, Hauwa on That’s TV Oxfordshire, April 2022
Forced marriages continue to plague South Asian diaspora, Rubie Marie features in the Dhaka Tribune (09/11/2021)
Genetic Illnesses, Sobia and Sabrena on BBC Radio Oxford, July 2021
Press Release: Rubie Marie against honour-based abuse – her story
Increased risk of FGM and forced marriage during lockdown, Oxford Mail (21/05/20)
Tackling FGM and HBA during Covid 19, Article by CEO (15/05/20)
Press release lockdown poster campaign (07/05/2020)
Article on FGM figures in Oxfordshire, Oxford Mail (01/08/19)
Members of the Youth Wing speak to That’s Oxfordshire TV about their song and music video, For Every Girl (26/07/19)
Body image workshops, Oxford Mail (04/05/19)
Article on ‘Reclaim the Night’ march through Oxford (26/11/2018)
FGM report by Jack FM (28/08/2018)
Interview of Germaine Greer, including a challenge by Oxford Against Cutting on her views about FGM (10/08/2018)
Video on anti-FGM poster campaign, That’s Oxfordshire TV (12/06/2018)
Article on anti-FGM poster campaign (12/06/2018)
Press release on anti-FGM poster campaign (05/06/2018)
Support from Oxford City Council for Anti-FGM Initiatives (08/02/2018)
Fatou, a survivor of FGM, speaks out, That’s Oxfordshire TV (18/05/17)
Oxford young champions run event to launch new films, Oxford Mail (20/02/17)
Raising awareness about the Oxford Rose Clinic, That’s Oxfordshire TV (13/02/17)
Oxford Against Cutting champion helps make hit video My Clitoris, The Guardian (06/02/17)
Rose Awareness event for the Oxford Rose Clinic, Oxford Mail (06/02/17)
BBC News feature on FGM and Oxford Against Cutting (15/11/2016) (please note this report contains an error: the Rose Community, not the Oxford Rose Clinic, is an Oxford Against Cutting initiative)
Kaddy and Dianne talk to That’s Oxford TV (02/02/2016)
Oxford Against Cutting organises FGM awareness day, Oxford Mail (11/08/2015)
Oxford Against Cutting launches The Rose Community support network, Oxford Mail (25/07/2015)
Fatou talks to That’s Oxfordshire TV (14/07/2015)
Art exhibition promotes awareness of FGM, Oxford Mail (28/05/2015)
Cheney School student organises FGM event, Oxford Mail (17/02/2015)