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41. Dear Maasi: Will my daughter ever forgive me?
(News & Blog)
... about khatna (FGM/C) and how it impacts our bodies, minds, sexualities and relationships. We welcome you to submit your anonymous questions. Dear Maasi, My daughter recently read an article about khatna ...
Created on 06 April 2022
42. A reflection on Equality Now’s webinar: The impact of laws and use of Multi-Sectoral Approach (MSA) to eliminate FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... young girls and women. Education surrounding FGM/C is crucial as someone who is aware of the inequalities of this practice will not cut their daughters. It is also important to change the minds of those ...
Created on 28 March 2022
43. CSW Virtual Parallel Event - “Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... your daughter if she underwent FGM’ ~ Mireille Tushimina Mireille Tushimina’s powerful preface set the mood for the event. Mireille highlighted that men need to have active roles in ending FGM/C. They ...
Created on 17 March 2022
44. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: Turning my Dad into a Bhaiyo
(News & Blog)
... atheist, he had some trouble understanding at first why mothers would continue to subject their daughters to FGM/C if they themselves disagreed with it because he has never followed a religious practice. ...
Created on 09 March 2022
45. Consent and gender imbalance: their role in female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... circumcision and carrying on your customs and values? Can you ask your five-year old daughter if she is okay with getting her clitoris cut as a cure for her masturbation?  And is the question really ...
Created on 10 February 2022
46. Introducing: Scenarios by Sahiyo
(News & Blog)
... and Areefa, a daughter and mother who disagree about the practice of khatna (the word for FGC in the Bohra community), who must then talk about their respective trauma and guilt together to reach a place ...
Created on 24 November 2021
47. Sahiyo partners with FAWCO to lead an educational webinar on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... their daughters have a legitimate reason not to carry out the procedure while not having to outright stand against the rules of their cultures and communities.  I found it especially inspiring to hear ...
Created on 01 November 2021
48. End FGM - Save our daughters
(News & Blog)
... 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
49. Voices reflection: Forging bonds
(News & Blog)
By Arefa Cassoobhoy Every Wednesday evening for six weeks earlier this year, I logged on to my computer for a video meeting with 12 other women for the Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting ...
Created on 28 July 2021
50. My experience of learning about female genital cutting: An outsider’s perspective
(News & Blog)
... their own body. Why is it that the mother, the one who could possibly be the most sympathetic toward the child, could subject her daughter’s body to FGC?  According to the stories of the survivors, even ...
Created on 27 July 2021
51. Using purity as a means to control women through Christianity and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
...  Evangelical America I grew up as a minister’s daughter and one of eight children with five sisters and two brothers. My dad was a minister at an evangelical church in Boston, Massachusetts. While the ...
Created on 15 June 2021
52. Saved by a lie: A story of female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Zainab Khambata Age: 17 Place of residence: Mumbai, India My maternal grandmother prides herself on being the perfect blend of modernity and religion. But when it came to her own daughter who ...
Created on 18 April 2021
53. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... to Help Others End Female Circumcision: Dawoodi Bohra women Say Na to Khatna Strength in Unity Only 1 in 10 who underwent FGM want it done on daughters Interview with Mariya Taher from Sahiyo: ...
Created on 02 March 2021
54. A daughter’s khatna, a father’s regret: A poem in Hindi
(News & Blog)
... a daughter. A few years later, he found out that she had been subjected to khatna, or female genital cutting, behind his back. This is a poem about his grief for her, his regret, and his plea to the world ...
Created on 28 August 2023
55. Dear Maasi: Will my daughter ever forgive me?
(News & Blog)
... about khatna (FGM/C) and how it impacts our bodies, minds, sexualities and relationships. We welcome you to submit your anonymous questions. Dear Maasi, My daughter recently read an article about khatna ...
Created on 06 April 2022
56. End FGM - Save our daughters
(News & Blog)
... 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
57. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
By Sandra Yu Healthy Tomorrow hosted a film screening and panel discussion of In the Name of Your Daughter, filmed and directed by Giselle Portenier and released in 2018. The featured speakers of the ...
Created on 28 February 2021
58. Sahiyo staff spoke in a symposia entitled Mothers and daughters: continuity, love, fear and belonging
(News & Blog)
... 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
59. My decision as a mother to not cut my daughters
(News & Blog)
... influence, it was apparent that herd mentality, unexposed details, unquestioned thoughts promoted this practice. When my elder daughter was near the age, I had to figure out for myself if my daughter ...
Created on 21 February 2019
60. To cut or not to cut? Let our daughters grow up and decide
(News & Blog)
... 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