FGM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Qualified Midwife and Member of the Liverpool FGM Group
Aderonke qualified as a nurse in Nigeria and the UK. Since she qualified as a midwife in 1991 she has practiced in all areas of midwifery and took the Foundation Course in Critical Care for Obstetric Patients 2006. She is involved in mentoring and assessing students during their placements.
In the last few years Aderonke (‘Ronnie') has worked with the Specialist Midwife in Inherited Blood Disorders. For some years she has been concerned with female genital mutilation (FGM). She is a member of the Liverpool FGM Group and has been actively involved in organising conferences in Liverpool and London.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Specialist
- Specialist Midwife, Heart of England NHS Trust
Alison is a specialist midwife at Heart of England NHS Trust which incorporates Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital. Since 2002 Alison has ran The African Well Women's Service for women who have undergone FGM.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Family Doctor in a Practice in Coventry Works in a Sexual Health Clinic and a Gynaecology Clinic
I am a family doctor based in a deprived suburb of Coventry. Our predominant non white ethnicity in the area is sub Saharan African. I have also worked for several years in a health centre for asylum seekers and refugees, which is where I first learnt about the phenomenon of FGM and its effects on women. Since then I have presented to medical students about FGM and am committed to raising awareness among my colleagues. I also work in sexual health and gynaecology - I enjoy the luxury of being able to keep my brain (predominantly) on one part of the body for a whole day - unlike general practice! I worked in Sri Lanka at the start of the civil war in 1983, and in 2005 I worked in a rural clinic in Guatemala for three months. I am privileged to have travelled a lot over the years - hiking, cycling and backpacking - and have visited countries where FGM is practised. As long as I am fit enough I intend to continue to explore the world - a curiosity about and experience of other cultures helps me to broach difficult subjects with my patients with empathy and respect. My partner and I lived and worked in New Zeland from 1994 - 2006 and we are now back in the UK to care for elderly parents. The opportunities for activism here are great, and there is much work to be done. ^ Back to top
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Qualified Midwife and FGM Specialist at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Southall, Middlesex
My name is Aïssa Edon and have been a midwife since 2009. I was born in Mali, but raised in France. I have worked across Europe, in France, Belgium and Switzerland before coming to the UK in June 2011.
I am currently a midwife at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Southall, Middlesex. I am in the midst of becoming a FGM specialist midwife with which, I will be creating an FGM-specific clinic at the hospital. This will be known as "The Hope Clinic." In 2014, I recently became a member of the FGM National Clinical Group.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Support Team
- Researcher
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Consultant / Public Health Specialist
- Consultant With the World Health Organisation
Comfort Momoh is a FGM Consultant/Public Health Specialist and has is a staunch campaigner for the eradication of FGM.
Comfort has served as a temporary consultant with The World Health Organisation, and is Chairperson for the Black Women's Health and Family supports (A non-governmental organisation working and supporting the community), and vice-president for EURONET (European Network on FGM). In June 2014, Comfort was a recipient of the Nigerian Centenary Awards' 100 Outstanding Nigerians that are currently living or who have lived in the United Kingdom over the past 100 years for her contribution to public service.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Professor of Midwifery at the University of Manchester
- Professor of Midwifery, University of Manchester and St Mary 's Hospital, Manchester
I am a Professor of Midwifery at the University of Manchester and St Mary's Hospital, Manchester. I am an experienced researcher with a number of research interests, which focus on women's expectations, experiences and outcomes. Much of this work is International, through partnerships with groups such as the African Midwives Research Network. Although not a specialist in FGM, I actively seek to improve women's lives through research, education and practice. My main role within the FGM group is to lead the national research strategy. ^ Back to top
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Specialist Midwife for FGM / Inherited Blood Disorders
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead for Haemoglobinopathies, Liverpool PCT, Merseyside
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Consultant Obstetrician, Liverpool Women 's Hospital
Elinor has been a registered midwife since 1982. She has worked in hospital and community maternity services until 1995 when she started working in education. Since 2001, Elinor has worked at Coventry University with responsibilities around undergraduate midwifery education and Inter professional learning. Main teaching responsibilities are; normal childbirth, Law and ethics, health inequalities, leadership and management and midwifery clinical skills.
Elinor utilises a variety of information technology to support her work. Elinor has developed teaching materials around FGM and is interested in how midwives in the UK are prepared for and support women who have experienced FGM/circumcision.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Director, Royal College of Midwives Scotland
Gillian trained as a midwife in Ninewells in Dundee qualifying in 1978. She then practiced as a midwife in Rutherglen Maternity Hospital and spent three years in the Sultanate of Oman, on secondment from Greater Glasgow Health Board. This was a very exciting time as she was part of a team, there to help improve the maternity services. During this time she delivered a number of babies some by breech but considers one of her most exciting experiences delivering triplets vaginally. She also was the first person to do ultrasound on pregnant women in the south of Oman. FGM was regularly carried out on the new born babies in this region.
She has worked with the RCM in Scotland since 1995 as a National Officer and since April 2008 as Director. She has extensive experience of representing members in different settings. Gillian completed an MSc in Industrial Relations from Stirling University and sits on the Employment Appeals Tribunal in Scotland having been appointed to that in 2003.
Gillian sits on Police Scotland HBV working group and also on the Scottish Government working group around FGM.
Married in 2006 she inherited a ready made family complete with grand-daughter.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Qualified Midwife and FGM Specialist at Queen Charlotte Hospital London
My name is Juliet Albert and I am Specialist FGM Midwife at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, (part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust). I set up the FGM clinic in 2003. I am also Project Lead for a community-based clinic, the Acton African Well Woman Centre which is partnership funded by Ealing Community Services and Imperial College. In both clinics we offer services for pregnant and non-pregnant women with FGM including:- deinfibulation under local anaesthetic; referral onto gynaecology support for more complex perineal trauma; and psycho-sexual counselling. The Acton clinic won a Guardian Public Service Award in Diversity and Equality in 2011.
I provide training for Midwives and other healthcare & frontline professionals and am involved in community initiatives such as speaking at Somali women's coffee mornings and the Somali summer university. I have an MSc in Advanced Practice Midwifery from Kings College.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Support Team
- Company Director, Parenthesis Design Consultancy
Job Titles:
- Member of the Support Team
- Communications & Outreach Advisor
Job Titles:
- Member of the Support Team
- Secretary
Job Titles:
- Member of the Support Team
- Consultant Gynaecologist, University College Hospital London
- FRCOG
Job Titles:
- Honorary Member
- Professor of Sociology, University of Central Lancashire
I have worked with local groups of multicultural women in raising awareness of the problems surrounding FGM. I feel that I can bring a radical sociological perspective to the discourse on FGM. ^ Back to top