<P> Female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia of women and girls living in the UK . According to Equality Now and City University London, an estimated 103,000 women and girls aged 15--49 were thought to be living with female genital mutilation (FGM) in England and Wales as of 2011 . </P> <P> FGM was outlawed in the UK by the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, which made it an offence to perform FGM on children or adults . The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 made it an offence to arrange FGM outside the country for British citizens or permanent residents, whether or not it is lawful in the country to which the girl is taken . </P> <P> To date there have been no convictions . The first prosecutions took place in 2015 against a doctor for performing FGM and another man for aiding and abetting; both were found not guilty . </P>

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