Useful links
FGM websites
Forward, the Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development is an international non-government organisation that aims to advance and protect the sexual and reproductive rights of African girls and women. Forward works to eliminate practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage that violate those rights.
The FGM National Clinical Group is a group of concerned health professionals in the UK, who have all worked with women who have experienced FGM. The group aims to improve the lives of women affected by FGM through co-ordinated clinical networks and research.
The Royal Women's Hospital is Australia's largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health of women of all ages and newborn babies. The Hospital website includes practical information about the clinical management of women affected by FGM.
Women & refugee health websites
Family Planning NSW is an independent not-for-profit organisation providing reproductive and sexual health services in New South Wales.
The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health provides research, community and professional education and clinical care for women. The Foundation aims to translate the latest research findings into practical health and lifestyle approaches for women and their health professionals.
The National Foundation for Australian Women is an independent organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women and ensuring that the aims and ideals of the women’s movement and its collective wisdom are handed on to new generations of women.
NSW Refugee Health Service
The NSW Refugee Health Service aims to promote the health of people from a refugee background living in NSW by assisting refugees, and the health professionals who work with them.
Women’s Health NSW is an association of state-wide women’s health centres and specialist women’s centres. All centres are non-government, community based, feminist services that provide choices for women to determine their individual health needs