Men against FGC, male allies and the End FGC Movement

Alex Adams is the Co- Founder and Chair of Action: FGM.  Alex is a former corporate lawyer at the law firm, Slaughter and May. He has spent the past 9 years running and advising a number of charities and NGOs.

He is an award-winning human rights activist fighting female genital mutilation (FGM) and violence against women and girls. Alex sits on the National Police Chiefs’ Council & Crown Prosecution Service jointly convened honour-based abuse national stakeholders committee and am the Co-founder & Chair of ACTION:FGM.

ACTION:FGM is a voluntary group of medical practitioners, female genital mutilation experts and international development specialists to improve the cross-sector collaboration and coordination that is needed to combat FGM in the UK and provide greater support to survivors of the practice. They are seeking policy changes at the UK Government level to improve FGM prevention, data collection and survivor support - including support service referral based on better data.