The New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services is urging people to report cases of female genital mutilation in their communities after a Sydney man was charged over the crime.
New South Wales Police have arrested and charged a father for organising the female genital mutilation of his then nine-month baby daughter overseas in 2012.
They say they were alerted six months later after the girl’s mother took her to the doctor.
It is only the second prosecution case in relation to the practice in NSW and believed to be the first time a person has been charged with procuring the procedure abroad.
Minister Pru Goward told Biwa Kwan that both authorities and members of the public need to ramp up their efforts to stamp out female genital mutilation.