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41. PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website
(News & Blog)
... countries, including the United States, Canada, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Chad, and more. The storytellers represent a range of ages, economic statuses, cultural ...
Created on 29 July 2022
42. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... 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 Over Books, 2020) ...
Created on 31 May 2022
43. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
...    Dena 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 ...
Created on 25 May 2022
44. Reflecting on the 'How to Stop The Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia' webina
(News & Blog)
... it? Ibu Atas, long standing activist for FGC in Indonesia explains that a firm stance is needed in the work against this practice. FGC is deeply embedded in culture. By campaigning against this practice, ...
Created on 09 February 2022
45. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... health and rights. She has been working to end FGM/C in Indonesia since 1994, when, as a lecturer of Women’s Studies at the University of Indonesia, she supported country-level work that influenced the ...
Created on 14 January 2022
46. Research Studies on FGC
(Resources)
... in Indonesia: A Field Study State-Of-The-Art Synthesis Report on FGM/C – What Do We Know Now? Root causes and persistent challenges in accelerating the abandonment of FGM/C 2015 New Study ...
Created on 04 December 2020
47. Voices Series: Finding my voice through storytelling on female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C does not happen in Indonesia and if it happens it’s not as severe as in other places. I break my silence to debunk this conception and to get involved in actions to address the issue. One of the ...
Created on 12 February 2020
48. Sahiyo's Second Annual Retreat: A Space for Healing and Reflectio
(News & Blog)
... from non-African communities speak out, we are seeing this is much more pervasive than we previously thought. In Indonesia for example, UNICEF estimated that nearly 50% of girls and women are cut before ...
Created on 16 July 2019
49. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... with the practice. Consequently, in recent years, the medicalisation of FGM has taken place globally, particularly in Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Nigeria, Northern Sudan, and Yemen. In many ...
Created on 05 March 2019
50. Female Genital Cutting is an International Issue
(News & Blog)
... as Malaysia and Indonesia. There have even been reports in Colombia, South America. This puts FGC on every continent in the world! As previously mentioned, FGC occurs among diaspora communities. When ...
Created on 06 December 2018
51. Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Is it an Islamic Practice? (Part 2)
(News & Blog)
... Indonesia and Malaysia considers FGC an Islamic practice, yet they are culturally influenced by the region where Yemen and Oman are situated, countries that have considerable FGC prevalence. At a time ...
Created on 13 October 2018
52. Tracing the Origins of Female Genital Cutting: How It All started
(News & Blog)
... of Sunni Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia justifies FGC as an Islamic practice and is culturally influenced by the Eastern part of the Arabian peninsula, the region where presently Yemen and Oman are situated. ...
Created on 21 July 2018
53. Finally in the spotlight: Female Genital Cutting is getting national attention in Sri Lanka
(News & Blog)
... by the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1951. According to this website, “The origin of Sri Lankan MMDA stems from a code of law on marriage and divorce exported from Batavia (present day Indonesia) in 1770 during ...
Created on 14 December 2017
54. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... FGM and Muslim Women’s Rights FGC in Indonesia: Increasing understanding of FGC in Indonesia: A field study by Islamic Relief Canada A Cutting Tradition Ending Female Genital Mutilation in ...
Created on 04 December 2017
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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
60. 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