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21. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
... included Indonesia as a country where FGM/C is practiced. The release of national data from Indonesia raised the total of girls who have undergone FGM/C from 130 million in 29 countries – as estimated ...
Created on 12 July 2017
22. Research Studies on FGC
(News & Blog)
...    Female Genital Cutting in Indonesia: A Field Study   State-Of-The-Art Synthesis Report on FGM/C – What Do We Know Now?   UNFPA – Demographic Perspectives on Female ...
Created on 07 July 2017
23. Speak Out on FGM petition to the UN collects more than 500 signatures
(News & Blog)
... in “certain ethnic groups in Asian countries…in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka”, Indonesia is the only one of these countries that is included in the UN’s official FGC-prevalence statistic ...
Created on 17 January 2017
24. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... statistics are largely restricted to sub-Saharan Africa and ignore the global scope of the issue. Indonesia, where half the girls under age 11 have undergone FGC, was included in the U.N’s list of 30 countries ...
Created on 02 January 2017
25. What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... also acknowledges the prevalence of the practice in other countries like India, Pakistan, Oman, Malaysia, Iran and Colombia, where no national surveys have been done yet. Indonesia, where the widespread ...
Created on 16 October 2016
26. Talking about Gender Justice at the Islamic Society of North America Annual Conference
(News & Blog)
... from Islamic Relief Canada discussed her report on FGC in Indonesia. The panel also addressed the powerful work of women religious leaders in peace-building and humanitarian assistance. To learn about ...
Created on 06 October 2016
27. A note on terminology and why Sahiyo uses FGC
(News & Blog)
... Canada, Female Genital Cutting in Indonesia: A Field Study, showcases that specific terminology can also lead to retraumatization of survivors as the quote below from the study demonstrates:   While ...
Created on 06 September 2016
28. Our History
(Uncategorised)
... continue building community through the pandemic On May 26, Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari and Retty Ratnawati from Indonesia’s Komnas Perempuan spoke during a global webinar hosted by human rights ...
Created on 15 June 2016
29. 'Everyone’s business': Representing Dawoodi Bohras at the No FGM Australia panel discussion in Sydne
(News & Blog)
... protection. For that reason, this should be made illegal under the same provisions. Australia has a large population from African countries, Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt, middle eastern countries ...
Created on 08 May 2016
30. Each One, Reach One - A FGC Public Outreach Campaign
(News & Blog)
... various types of FGC are known to be practiced in a large number of African countries, in many Gulf/Arab countries and Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and to a small extent in Pakistan and India. FGC ...
Created on 04 February 2016
31. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... state, yet an operation is carried out for religious and non-medical reasons. In all of South-East Asia the practice is viewed as a religious need. In Indonesia and Malaysia the Muslim bodies have called ...
Created on 25 January 2016
32. More News on FGC
(Uncategorised)
... to Curb Female Genital Mutilation in India   Bodily Integrity of a Woman Cannot be Infringed, SC Observes in PIL Seeking Ban on Female Genital Mutilation FGC in Indonesia: Increasing ...
Created on 06 January 2016
33. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor (2022-06-23)
(Events Calendar/A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor)
... Igusti (they/them) is a queer non-binary Indonesian Muslim poet, playwright, filmmaker, producer, and FGC survivor & activist born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game ...
Created on 29 June 2022
34. Sahiyo Discusses: Cut Woman by Dena Igusti (27 September 2023 19:00)
(Events / Sahiyo Book Club )
... Dena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game Over Books, 2020), which has been listed as a 2020 Harvard Bookstore Staff Pick and ...
Created on 22 September 2023
35. Addressing Female Genital Cutting Requires Context and Compassion
(News & Blog)
... Goal number 5 aims to end  FGC by the year 2030. Despite all these efforts, there is very limited or close to no data in South  Asia. With the exceptions of Indonesia and Maldives (Bamber & Riches, 2020; ...
Created on 10 June 2025
36. Reflecting on “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change” at CSW 69
(News & Blog)
... her own community in Singapore and the broader diaspora. She expressed hope that her story might resonate with communities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei, where similar experiences are generally underrepresented, ...
Created on 21 March 2025
37. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and Singapore. They were activists advocating on behalf of the rights of the disabled,  labor rights, ...
Created on 06 February 2025
38. UNICEF releases new data on global prevalence of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... more relevant data for our work to end FGM/C, it is worth noting that Asian countries like India and Indonesia, and Middle Eastern countries like Pakistan and Iran are missing entirely. With the absence ...
Created on 21 March 2024
39. Upcoming Equality Now media training
(News & Blog)
... practitioners reporting on the prevalence of FGM/C in Asia in an effective way.  The practice of FGM/C has been recorded in Asian countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, Maldives, Malaysia, the Philippines, ...
Created on 08 December 2023
40. Sahiyo Discusses book club to hold next event in September
(News & Blog)
... September 27, 2023 the group will meet virtually for Sahiyo Discusses: Cut Woman by Dena Igusti. Dena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT ...
Created on 06 September 2023