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101. Dear Maasi: "Should I confront the person responsible for my khatna (FGM/C)?"
(News & Blog)
... her daughter for khatna (see Dear Maasi: Will My Daughter Ever Forgive Me?). She was in almost the opposite position as you.  Talking about FGM/C with your mother could be fruitful and healing for you ...
Created on 26 October 2022
102. Bhaiyo Mohammad Chappalwala to be awarded Donald A. Strong Man of The Year Award
(News & Blog)
On October 14th, Mohammad Chappalwala, a Bhaiyo (male ally), will be virtually presented with the Donald A. Strong Man of The Year award by the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation. Mr. Chappalwala, who ...
Created on 13 October 2022
103. Conversation with a Bhaiyo: Advising a concerned father
(News & Blog)
... Mr. N were initially connected through Sahiyo, as Mr. N was concerned about undergoing a separation from his wife and the potential implications of his young daughters being cut: “He has two daughters, ...
Created on 15 August 2022
104. Daughter
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Daughter
Created on 23 June 2021
105. 'My mom regrets that she allowed khatna to be performed on me'
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
Age: 34 Country: USA I was six years old when my mom explained to me that I had to undergo the procedure of khatna – that a small surgery would happen on my private parts. I simply understood that ...
Created on 30 October 2016
106. Dear daughter, I am sorry you were circumcised
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
A heartfelt letter from a Bohra father, who wished to remain unnamed, to his grown-up daughter: Dear Daughter, Many years ago, I made a mistake. Your mother came to me and said “I’m going to have our ...
Created on 24 May 2016
107. Dear daughter, I am sorry you were circumcised
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
(First published on May 24, 2016) A heartfelt letter from a Bohra father, who wished to remain unnamed, to his grown-up daughter. Read the Gujarati translation of this letter here.   Dear Daughter, ...
Created on 07 December 2016
108. Dear Maasi: "Should I confront the person responsible for my khatna (FGM/C)?"
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... her daughter for khatna (see Dear Maasi: Will My Daughter Ever Forgive Me?). She was in almost the opposite position as you.  Talking about FGM/C with your mother could be fruitful and healing for you ...
Created on 26 October 2022
109. End FGM - Save our daughters
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... it keeps the girl decent so girls won't enter into adultery later, so on that I'm asking, where is the evidence of that?  If we want our daughters to be pure, let's teach them that they are strong and powerful ...
Created on 30 September 2021
110. From birth to motherhood, a Singaporean Malay’s experience of Female Genital Cutting
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... in his own country, FGC was not done. In his country none of his sisters underwent FGC. Delivery: I had a natural home birth for my first born daughter, assisted by my own husband. The way the delivery ...
Created on 13 February 2017
111. I underwent Khatna but did not let it happen to my daughters
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... my daughter came of age, I made the decision that I would not let her go through this mental torture, which was just a tradition and had nothing to do from a religious standpoint. When I made this decision, ...
Created on 04 April 2017
112. I will not let my younger daughter be cut, says a Bohra father
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... among the Bohras too. And I was against the idea of khatna from the very first time I heard about it. My elder daughter was cut when I was out of India and I was not even informed or consulted. It is ...
Created on 17 September 2016
113. My father did not allow khatna to happen to me
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
By: Aiman   Age: 26   Country: United States   I am a 26-year-old Indian female born and raised in the United States. I come from a Dawoodi Bohra family. I only recently found out about khatna, ...
Created on 27 September 2016
114. Sahiyo staff spoke in a symposia entitled Mothers and daughters: continuity, love, fear and belonging
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... of relations between mothers and daughters central to its project. How are these considered fraught, damaged, broken, or, in the eyes of FGM-supporters, strengthened by clitoridectomy? How does FGM compare ...
Created on 18 November 2020
115. To cut or not to cut? Let our daughters grow up and decide
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... our community norms were. I was educated and given the same rights as my brothers and my voice was never unheard and my opinions were also considered. I was a daughter but treated as a son. But as our ...
Created on 29 May 2017
116. To each his own! A perspective on Female Genital Cutting by a Kuwaiti Bohra
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
... sorry for what they did to me. They simply said it was a tradition that Bohras have been following for years and if I want, I have the will to not continue this for my daughters. Simple! I am enraged even ...
Created on 02 February 2018
117. ખત્ના કરાવવી કે નહીં? આપણી દીકરીઓને મોટી થવા દો અને જાતે નિર્ણય લેવા દો
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
લેખિકા : ઈન્સિયા વય : ૩૪ વર્ષ શહેર : મુંબઈ, ભારત હું એક જાણીતા અને સુશિક્ષિત પરિવારની સભ્ય હોવાથી મને હંમેશા કશુંક જુદું વિચારવાની તક મારા કુટુંબે આપી છે. અમારી કોમના નિયમોને ધ્યાનમાં લીધાં વિના, મારા ...
Created on 05 December 2017
118. મારા પર ખતનાની પ્રક્રિયા કરવામાં આવી હતી પરંતુ, મેં મારી દીકરી પર આ પ્રક્રિયા કરવા દીધી નહિં
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
આ આર્ટિકલ પહેલા સહિયો દ્વારા તારીખ 04 એપ્રિલ 2017ના રોજ અંગ્રેજીમાં પ્રકાશિત કરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. Read the English version here. લેખક : અનામી વર્તમાન રહેવાસી સ્થળ : અમેરિકા જન્મ સ્થળ : ભારત ઉંમર : ...
Created on 27 February 2018
119. વહાલી દીકરી, હું દિલગીર છું તારી ખતના થઇ
(Article tagged with: Daughter)
વહાલી  દીકરી, હું દિલગીર છું તારી ખતના થઇ – એક બોહરા પિતા ની દિલ ની વ્યથા વહાલી દીકરી, ઘણા વર્ષો પહેલા મેં એક ભૂલ કરી. તારી મમ્મીએ આવીને મને કહ્યુ કે હું અપની દીકરી ની ખતના કરાવ છું. મને આ પ્રક્રિયા ...
Created on 07 December 2016
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