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1. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
2. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... in the media, amongst anti-FGC advocates, and legislators, not only about FGC, but also about children’s rights and medical ethics. It was also reported that FGC was occurring in some white fundamentalist ...
Created on 24 October 2024
3. A Personal Journey: Breaking the Silence on FGM
(News & Blog)
... I want to educate. FGM, deeply rooted in tradition, often goes unquestioned. By unveiling the raw pain and suffering I endured, I hope to provoke reflection within communities about the necessity and ethics ...
Created on 11 January 2024
4. Why are Indian ethics committees still hesitant to approve studies on FGM/C? 
(News & Blog)
... several committees in Mumbai for ethical clearance, including the ethics committee of our respective places of employment. However, no one responded. We eventually changed our jobs and approached these ...
Created on 23 September 2022
5. Research
(Programs)
... members of Sahiyo’s teams with helpful backgrounds on FGC, research methods, and levels of experience can provide guidance on ethics submissions, data collection tools, participant outreach, journal submissions, ...
Created on 29 June 2022
6. Mutilation or enhancement: A researcher’s argument for respectful terminology on genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Brian D. Earp I have published several papers on the ethics of medically unnecessary genital cutting practices affecting children of all sexes and genders. When my writing touches on the sub-set ...
Created on 14 September 2021
7. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
... years. I also served on the Mayo Clinic Program in Professionalism and Ethics Communication in Healthcare Faculty. I retired from Mayo in 2012. I was an adjunct professor in Women and Gender Studies at ...
Created on 17 November 2019
8. Discovering female genital cutting in my community
(News & Blog)
... ethics course in undergrad and my professor breezed over the topic of female genital cutting. My mind started to spin. This could not possibly be what my sister was talking about? I called her immediately ...
Created on 18 June 2019
9. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... genitals by trained health professionals as a lesser evil. This reasoning was echoed in the Journal of Medical Ethics by two U.S.-based doctors, Dr. Kavita Shah Arora, Director of Quality, Obstetrics, ...
Created on 05 March 2019
10. Violated hopes: My struggle to report on Female Genital Cutting in Pakistan
(News & Blog)
... code of ethics. Maybe I had not phrased the question to fit the language of social architecture. It was too late now, but I still tried to rephrase the question, spitting out tiny fragments of sentences; ...
Created on 23 December 2017
11. Medical organisations in five African nations issue statement against the medicalisation of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... the fact that it is a violation of the rights of women and girls. In keeping with the ethics of medical practice, the statement pledges support to all national programs working to eradicate FGM/C. It also ...
Created on 20 November 2017
12. Furore about Female Genital Cutting in Kerala: Impact of Sahiyo’s investigation
(News & Blog)
... against medical ethics”. The Kozhikode police is also investigating the matter. The city police commissioner has said that it is possible to file a criminal case against the perpetrators of FGC if its ...
Created on 01 September 2017
13. Why doctors need to speak out against female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... many claim they don’t feel easily aroused by clitoral stimulation.  What is a doctor’s responsibility, then, in the face of such a ritual? Two of the most basic pillars of medical ethics are to do no ...
Created on 11 July 2017
14. Detroit arrest: It is time for Bohras to get serious about ending Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... allegations in this particular case are yet to be proven, we believe it is a serious breach of medical ethics for any doctor to perform this non-medical procedure that is categorically recognised as a ...
Created on 14 April 2017
15. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... released WHO Guidelines on the Management of Health Complications from Female Genital Mutilation. They recommended that no form of medicalized FGC be accepted because it violates medical ethics since (i) ...
Created on 11 January 2016
16. Why are Indian ethics committees still hesitant to approve studies on FGM/C? 
(News & Blog)
... several committees in Mumbai for ethical clearance, including the ethics committee of our respective places of employment. However, no one responded. We eventually changed our jobs and approached these ...
Created on 23 September 2022
17. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... in the media, amongst anti-FGC advocates, and legislators, not only about FGC, but also about children’s rights and medical ethics. It was also reported that FGC was occurring in some white fundamentalist ...
Created on 24 October 2024
18. A Personal Journey: Breaking the Silence on FGM
(News & Blog)
... I want to educate. FGM, deeply rooted in tradition, often goes unquestioned. By unveiling the raw pain and suffering I endured, I hope to provoke reflection within communities about the necessity and ethics ...
Created on 11 January 2024
19. Research
(Programs)
... members of Sahiyo’s teams with helpful backgrounds on FGC, research methods, and levels of experience can provide guidance on ethics submissions, data collection tools, participant outreach, journal submissions, ...
Created on 29 June 2022
20. Mutilation or enhancement: A researcher’s argument for respectful terminology on genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Brian D. Earp I have published several papers on the ethics of medically unnecessary genital cutting practices affecting children of all sexes and genders. When my writing touches on the sub-set ...
Created on 14 September 2021