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81. Addressing Critical Intersections: Anti-Racism and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... experience in non-profit, local government, and international affairs. A social entrepreneur and advocate, she was featured in The Guardian, PBS, RFI, Deutshe Welle and Brut for her advocacy to end female ...
Created on 05 July 2021
82. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
By Jenny Cordle On February 5th of last year, one day before the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Zahra Khozema, 24, shared her deeply personal story ...
Created on 15 January 2021
83. Sahiyo participated in key virtual events with global organizations in October
(News & Blog)
... + Panel on FGM/C, Council of the Great City Schools Fall Conference, North America and Europe Caucus for CSW International Day of The Girl Child, and Taboo Conversations with RAHMA. #EndFGM Media Campaigns: ...
Created on 18 November 2020
84. Let’s Talk FGC: A fireside chat with Mariya Taher and Farzana Esmail
(News & Blog)
... been diligently working on the issue of domestic violence within a number of organizations. In 2015, you founded Sahiyo, an internationally recognized, award-winning organization, to empower Asian communities ...
Created on 25 June 2020
85. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
... adult life. I first became involved internationally in 1981 when I applied for a grant from the Women’s Desk of Lutheran World Federation that led to my spending two weeks in Geneva, Switzerland. I spoke ...
Created on 17 November 2019
86. Op-Ed: A Global Platform to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
...  Together, we are asking, no imploring, the international community to prioritize the ending of FGM/C worldwide, in the same way it responded to other urgent global issues such as HIV/AIDS.  It’s estimated ...
Created on 11 November 2019
87. Cofounders
(Uncategorised)
... works with Scroll.in, an online publication. She reports on communities, gender, human rights, urban development and culture. She is an alumnus of the 2013 batch of the International Visitor Leadership ...
Created on 02 July 2019
88. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... as a social norm in the Bohra community. Maryum Saifee is currently an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to CFR, she served as a U.S. diplomat in Lahore, Baghdad, ...
Created on 16 September 2018
89. My fight with a male cousin who thinks Khatna is good
(News & Blog)
By: Shabana Feroze Every year, Feb 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation by the United Nations. Being a survivor of FGC myself, I’m an active volunteer with Sahiyo, ...
Created on 17 February 2018
90. Female Genital Cutting is being practiced in Kerala too: Sahiyo investigation
(News & Blog)
... Kozhikode doctors falls within the World Health Organisation’s definition of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), which is internationally recognised as a violation of human rights and a form of ...
Created on 14 August 2017
91. Why doctors need to speak out against female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... Genital Cutting being practiced in India. Even international campaigns against FGM/C focused mainly on Africa, and only in the last few years has it been acknowledged that FGC is globally prevalent. But ...
Created on 11 July 2017
92. Detroit arrest: It is time for Bohras to get serious about ending Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... people say. Then in June 2016, the Syedna issued a statement to clarify his official stand on khatna. It stated that the resolution letters issued in various international jamaats were still valid for ...
Created on 14 April 2017
93. A conversation on Khatna with Suleimani Bohras
(News & Blog)
... community are: MF Husain – internationally acclaimed modern artist, founding member of The Progressive Artists Group of Bombay; recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, India’s fourth ...
Created on 10 March 2017
94. A note on terminology and why Sahiyo uses FGC
(News & Blog)
... Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) appears to be the term used most frequently by international agencies, experiences from community-based interventions indicate that the term ‘mutilation’ can, in some instances, ...
Created on 06 September 2016
95. Our History
(Uncategorised)
... mission to engage in dialogue with the community to find a collective solution towards ending FGC or khatna.   The NGO has received international recognition for its community-based approach in addressing ...
Created on 15 June 2016
96. Each One, Reach One - A FGC Public Outreach Campaign
(News & Blog)
... to talk about the many ways in which khatna has affected them – physically, psychologically, emotionally and sexually. Let us break the silence now. February 6 has been declared the International Day of ...
Created on 04 February 2016
97. FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING A Continuing Tradition
(News & Blog)
(Original Post on Imagining Equality Project Page, published in July 2014 by Global Fund for Women & International Museum of Women)  In this deeply personal piece, author Mariya Taher wrestles ...
Created on 17 January 2016
98. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... the practice in contrast to those who may condone certain types of FGC. While Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) appears to be the term used most frequently by international agencies, experiences from community-based ...
Created on 11 January 2016