Hello, I'm Mr. Nicholson, the welcome to this lesson on supporting people with FGM.

In order to complete this lesson, you'll need to have done your introductory quiz.

That'll help you understand more about FGM and the lesson prior to this will have helped you understand what it is, the symptoms of it, and what we can do about it.

I'm going into more depth than that in this lesson.

These are sensitive topics, so if you want to talk to somebody, pause the video now and have that chat, and then when you're ready, press play.

And if at any point during this lesson, you feel you want to chat to somebody, please do so.

There are issues here you will want to talk about and extend your learning and understanding of.

That's really important that you do that.

Before we carry on with this lesson, please ensure you've got a pen with which to write and either an exercise book or a piece of paper to make some notes on.

There are activities I'm going to ask you to do and it's important you do them to help develop your understanding of this important area.

If you haven't got them, go and get them now, and then we can make a start.

As I mentioned a moment ago, please ensure you don't interrupt your quiz.

This will help give you a basis for starting this lesson of your knowledge and understanding.

We're also going to be looking at, in this one, recapping what we did before and what FGM is as mentioned.

We're then going to look at the signs of FGM.

We mentioned these previously, the last time we met, and then we're going to look at the idea of what support is out there for people who are FGM suffers.

When we've done that, there's your exit quiz to complete, which will help consolidate what you've learned throughout this whole topic area.

I'm not going to give you a new keyword just yet.

I want to recap what we've done.

Female genital mutilation is.

Think about it, see what you can recall from your introductory quiz from the the last lesson we met.

When you have done that one, jot down what you think FGM means and trying to remember what we talked about last time and what the intro to quiz has helped you to remember.

When you've done that, press play and we can carry on.

When we first looked at FGM, we came up with the World Health Organisation definition as well as our own, and here it is again.

Any procedure involving the partial or total removal, external female genitalia, or other injury for nonmedical reasons.

Remember, that's from the World Health Organisation.

You may have paraphrased that and put it into your own words, so well done.

Also remember it's an illegal act in any form.

So performing FGM, helping someone to perform FGM or aiding someone to take someone abroad for FGM is illegal.

Remember we talked it about as being child abuse in the last lesson.

If you need to add something for definition, please do so now.

You have now done an activity to retrieve your learning of what FGM is.

What I'd like you to do now is retrieve your understanding of the three reasons people give for performing FGM.

Pause the video, write them down in your notes and when you're ready, press play.

Try to recall what you did from the introductory quiz or last lesson.

See you ow many you right, here they are.

Religion, health and tradition, but I've also put here for you the reasons why people claim this is why FGM is done, but also one of the facts against this reason.

So you hear people claim it is a religious practise.

And we know from our early learning, it's not.

Male circumcision is in some religions, but female circumcision, female genital mutilation is never carried out as part of religious tradition.

There are no health benefits to FGM whatsoever.

And as we looked at it last time, there are many detrimental health impacts that FGM will have on a woman.

And yes, FGM was carried out by the ancient Egyptians, but it hasn't been done so for thousands of years.

And therefore there are no modern reasons for it to be undertaken.

If you've got all three right, well done, you've done really well that to remember that from last time.

We'll carry on in a moment, but if you need to jot these down, please do so.

The idea of religion, health, and tradition.

we did look at this briefly last lesson, but I want to now investigate the signs of FGM.

There'll be certain signs you can look out for that are potential indicators of FGM.

And that's what we're going to look at now.

All of these have been identified as potential indicators of FGM.

A girl may go missing from school for no reason, for a long period of time.

Now this will be picked up in school by the register and by the attendance officer.

But if you suspect something, you should also tell somebody.

A girl may also have trouble sitting down for a long period of time, may move around a lot.

This is often a potential indicator of FGM.

If you think this is a case, please tell someone.

A girl may ask to go to the toilet more often in lessons or may go to the toilet more often during break or lunchtime in school.

She may complain of the itching of her genitalia.

Now she may do this privately, or she may do this under the desk at school.

If you think this is the case, let somebody know.

A girl may become withdrawn or may stop meeting friends, usually either after school or going home as soon as the bell goes.

A girl also may mention that she's been cut.

Being cut is a clear indicator of FGM.

If you see any of these possible signs, please let somebody in school know, or if you're not in school, phone the police and let them know as well.

We mentioned earlier it's a crime, So you do need to tell somebody.

If somebody talks to you, do not say you can keep it quiet.

You cannot keep this confidential.

But make sure you know what the signs are.

If you need to write them down do so.

It's something you may wish to refer to later on in the lesson.

In a moment, I'm going to ask you to stop the video and think about this question.

And it relates to the signs we just talked about.

which of the signs are emotional or character based signs and which are physical? What I want you to do is pause the video, think again about that list of signs and decide which category do they fit into.

When you've done that, press play.

Let's go through the answers together.

The girl missing from school for no reason for a long period of time is out of character for her.

She has trouble sitting down.

That's a physical element, as urinating more often is.

And the itching of the genitalia is also a physical sign.

Emotional and character will become the idea of being withdrawn or stop meeting friends.

So she withdraws from that friendship group, doesn't interact with them, doesn't to interact with them.

And if a girl talks about being cut, that's also a physical sign.

So make sure you've got the correct definition of character, physical or emotional with the correct phrase.

We have seen over our learning on FGM, the impact it can have on the character, somebody's emotions or their physical wellbeing, but how do you access support for somebody with FGM and how can you access support if you think somebody is a victim of FGM and that's what we're going to turn to now.

When we're talking about support, we need to look at the idea that it is illegal.

And we know that, but what does the law say about FGM? Let's see what we can remember from last time.

Pause the video, write down what you can remember, and then when you finish that press play.

As we looked last time, FGM is illegal in any form.

It's illegal to perform FGM in the UK, but also to help somebody to perform FGM in the UK.

It's also illegal to take someone abroad or to help someone take someone abroad for FGM to be performed on them.

And it's just going to say here the punishment is 14 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed by law.

Remember it's about undertaking FGM and to travel as being illegal.

It's a form of child abuse, as we mentioned last time.

And here is the punishment, a maximum of 14 years in prison.

Here's a question I want you to consider, having just thought about the law.

If someone came to you saying she was scared and didn't have a choice, what would you say to her, and what would you do? Pause the video and think about it.

I don't want you to write anything down yet.

I just want you to think about this one.

When you've thought about it, press play.

Here are two of the legal protections for FGM.

An FGM protection order ensures that it protects the potential victim, which may involve surrendering a passport to ensure that person can not be taken abroad for FGM.

Life-long anonymity is for the victim, that no information will ever be published if they ask the authorities not to do so.

These authorities include services and the police, if someone is at risk or has experienced FGM, they can tell a trusted professional such as a teacher or GP.

If you think somebody is at risk of FGM, you should also inform somebody as soon as possible.

These people are trained to help and will know what to do.

Now I would like you to write down what you would say and what would you do.

What would you say to the girl who said she's scared and tell me why you would do it.

That helps to consolidate your learning and understanding around what FGM is, but also tell me what you would do in your written notes and why you would do it.

Thinking back on everything we've looked at in terms of FGM, in terms of supporting them, when you're ready, press play.

Here's some things you could say, but remember you can't keep it confidential.

Tell them it's illegal and they're not wrong in telling you about it, that you can do something about it.

Tell them to call 999.

It is illegal remember, so they should do that themselves and you must do it as well.

Or tell it to tell someone in school that you trust, the teacher, the school nurse, the head teacher, the designated safeguarding lead.

It's important that you say to her she must tell somebody, but you must also tell them as well.

And that's what we're going to look at and what you're going to do in a moment.

Some of these, I mentioned when I talked about what we're going to say, because actually the two, saying and doing are linked together completely.

Tell someone else ina authority immediately.

Contact an organisation online through supporting FGM.

There are many organisations out there that support victims or potential victims of FGM and call 999.

Remember, never keep it to yourself.

This is a crime and you must report it.

I mentioned a moment ago support agencies you can turn to to help people with FGM or who suspect may be victims of FGM.

The first one is school.

School has a legal duty to report actual or supposed FGM.

So tell somebody there.

Inform the police.

Call 999.

It is illegal act and they must intervene.

Project Azure has been set up by the police for FGM crime.

It's a specific unit that will support the victims or supposed victims of FGM.

So contacting police will bring about the work of Project Azure.

But there are also all the support agencies you can call.

Childline, the NSPCC and the Rights of Women all support victims of FGM.

You can find contact details for the Project Azure and the other support agencies online.

Make sure that people are aware of these and that you are aware of them.

The first protocol in school will always be somebody in authority.

If they're not available, do please call 999 immediately.

You're not wasting their time.

If there is a thought there may be a crime about committed or has been committed, and they need to know about this.

Do not worry about that.

Please inform someone immediately.

I'd now like to bring all of our learning together.

So I've left you a question here I want you to answer, but I've included 12 things you need to include.

See whether you can include all of them, see if you can get as many points as possible.

To do this, you'll need to pause the video and keep this in front of you whilst you write your answer.

Make sure you talk about what FGM is and what can be done about it.

When you complete that task activity, press play.

Here's one possible answer for you.

I've talked about the illegality of it, the areas around it being illegal and the sentence of it, but also what you must do.

How many of the words do you manage to include? But more importantly for me, do you know what to do if you suspect FGM? Think about those organisations we mentioned, but may keep in mind 999 and telling somebody in authority.

If you need to add anything to what you've done please do so now.

But as I say, it's more important you remember what you would do in that situation.

Now let's apply what we've done.

Pause the video and read the scenario and then think about what should you do in this situation? Think carefully about everything we've learned.

You hear this going on.

What are you going to do? Pause the video, think about it, and when you're ready to carry on, please press play.

There is only one solution.

Tell someone immediately a crime has been committed or is likely to be committed.

In this scenario is likely to be committed.

Please tell someone immediately.

Remember the groups.

Remember the police, remember people in school.

There is only one solution to this.

Thank you for taking part in this lesson.

If anything you feel you have need to talk to me about, please do so after the lesson.

Well done for completing the activities and complete the exit questionnaire, this will help you consolidate your learning from this lesson.

Once again, thank you and goodbye.