ON March 8 last — International Women’s Day — the Irish Forum for Global Health and Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, co-hosted a seminar — Aiming for Maternal Survival: Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls.

YOUR columnist Fergus Finlay (March 25) writes about the “two frightened little girls”, Naomi and Jemima Izevbekhai, who are scheduled to be deported by the State and therefore live with the threat of genital mutilation.