My Body My Rules
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| director = Daniel Greaves, Ruth Beni
| producer = FORWARD and Ruth Beni
| writer = Ruth Beni
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| cinematography = Daniel Greaves
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| runtime = 3 minutes
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My Body My Rules (2015) is a three-minute animated film aimed at raising awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) amongst primary school aged children in the UK. The film was developed as a visual aid to help facilitate sessions on FGM in primary schools in the UK and for use by professionals and non-governmental organizations working with younger children at risk of FGM. It was developed by Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) and Animage Films, and animated by Daniel Greaves, an Academy Award winning animator.
My Body My Rules was adapted from a previous animated short by FORWARD and Animage on the subject of FGM in the UK, entitled Needlecraft. Funded by Comic Relief and the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and intended for the general public and professional audience, Needlecraft was launched on the web in June 2015. It won a gold world medal at the New York Festivals in 2016. A third short film, The True Story of Ghati and Rhobi, was made for Africa.
References
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{{cite news|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/forwards-animated-film-female-genital-mutilation/communications/article/1351250|title=Forward's animated film about female genital mutilation|last=Rawstrone|first=Annette|date=12 June 2015|work=Third Sector|accessdate=23 October 2015}}
{{cite news |last=Paton |first=Maureen |date=22 April 2015 |title=Pioneering programme teaches pupils about the dangers of female genital mutilation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/pioneering-programme-teaches-pupils-about-the-dangers-of-female-genital-mutilation-10196582.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/pioneering-programme-teaches-pupils-about-the-dangers-of-female-genital-mutilation-10196582.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |access-date=23 October 2015 }}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2IStB6Z3Vw My Body My Rules] on YouTube
- [http://www.forwarduk.org.uk FORWARD UK]
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Category:Female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom
Category:British animated short films
Category:Social guidance films
Category:2015 animated short films
Category:Works about female genital mutilation
Category:British educational films
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