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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/faces-of-the-day-21/
- Published: 2019-11-15T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-17T00:30:15.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

Female MPs from different parties have joined together to tighten-up New Zealand’s laws on female genital mutilation. The group of women who have put together a joint members bill are National MP **Jo Hayes**, NZ First MP **Jenny Marcroft**, Labour MP **Priyanca Radhakrishnan** and **Golriz Ghahraman f**rom the Greens.

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> FGM is illegal in New Zealand, but the law has some loopholes, which this new bill aims to close.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/nz-first-jenny-marcroft-the_bfd-ywiqy.jpg)

NZ First MP Jenny Marcroft

> Their joint Member’s Bill will outlaw FGM in **all circumstances.**

> \[…\] It’s the first time in history a Member’s Bill will be sponsored by more than one MP, taking advantage of a new rule will mean the bill is guaranteed to get debated.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/labour-mpthe_bfd-2163100958764273282_o.jpg)

Labour MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan

> \[…\] the bill is likely to get it’s first reading before Christmas.  
>  
> [stuff.co.nz/national/health/117413533/mps-band-together-for-female-genital-mutilation-ban](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/117413533/mps-band-together-for-female-genital-mutilation-ban?ref=goodoil.news)  

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/golriz-ghahraman-greens-the_bfd-120-supplied.jpg)

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman