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61. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Nevin
(News & Blog)
... you want to be when you grew up? I had a new ambition per year till higher secondary; decided to be in development sector in 12th standard. What is your favorite  food? Every Malayali’s favourite fish ...
Created on 10 December 2020
62. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Fatema
(News & Blog)
... I have traveled is Himalayas and Kashmir, and one place that I would love to stay at is Mecca, Saudi Arabia What are some of your passions? I am passionate about psychology and combining it with spirituality.  ...
Created on 28 November 2020
63. Asia Network to End FGM/C calls for your participation
(News & Blog)
Malaysian NGO Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and British charity Orchid Project are jointly developing a new Asia Network to End FGM/C, to strengthen movements to end the ...
Created on 09 December 2019
64. The complexities of female genital cutting in Singapore: Part IV
(News & Blog)
... the Malay community. Currently, the debates on FGC happen amongst specific circles of young Malays who are highly educated. It is important to engage with the older generation and those who may not have ...
Created on 18 July 2019
65. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part III
(News & Blog)
... here. Reasons for FGC: Tradition Many of my interlocutors allude to adat or Malay tradition when asked for reasons they practice FGC. They view it as a normalised and long-established cultural tradition, ...
Created on 02 July 2019
66. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... entered the room, and it was full of relatives in brightly colored shirts, jubah (long Malay dress), jeans and scarves. Of course, the star of the evening, my 2 year-old cousin, Anisah, donned a red and ...
Created on 19 March 2019
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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
70. Sahiyo co-founders win Laadli and ShoorVeer Awards in India
(News & Blog)
... in Kerala after Mathrubhoomi, a prominent Malayalam newspaper, conducted a follow-up exposé of the same clinic, and published a first-person account of a young woman from Kerala who had undergone FGC as ...
Created on 19 September 2018
71. 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
72. Finally in the spotlight: Female Genital Cutting is getting national attention in Sri Lanka
(News & Blog)
... Bohras (who call the practice Khatna or Khafz) and among the Sunni Moor and Malay communities (who call it Sunnath). While the Bohras cut the clitoral hoods of girls at the age of seven, the Moors and ...
Created on 14 December 2017
73. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... Changing Paradigms of FGM/C Russian clinic in row over female genital cutting FGC in Iraq: Changing Perceptions to End a Harmful Tradition in Northern Iraq FGC in Malaysia: Review fatwa ...
Created on 04 December 2017
74. Sahiyo to be a part of a new global movement for progressive Muslims
(News & Blog)
... of other liberal Muslim organisations from Malaysia, Tunisia, Pakistan, USA, Canada, Argentina, Burundi, Somalia, Kenya, Netherlands, Germany and more. Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari also attended the ...
Created on 21 October 2017
75. Furore about Female Genital Cutting in Kerala: Impact of Sahiyo’s investigation
(News & Blog)
... India – is also being practiced in Kozhikode, Kerala. The report was published in both English (here) and Malayalam (here) and it was followed by a furore within the media and social media circles of Kerala. ...
Created on 01 September 2017
76. Female Genital Cutting is being practiced in Kerala too: Sahiyo investigation
(News & Blog)
by Aarefa Johari and Aysha Mahmood (Read the Malayalam version of this report here.)  The practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in India has so far been associated only with the Dawoodi Bohra community ...
Created on 14 August 2017
77. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
... has also been reported in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives, Brunei, Russia (Dagestan), Bangladesh, and Iran and amongst diaspora populations around the world ...
Created on 12 July 2017
78. ‘Girls must be circumcised or they will grow up loose’: Three Sri Lankan women talk about Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Moors and Malays (ethnic Muslim communities in Sri Lanka) are of the Shafi school of Islam which regards female circumcision, or “sunnat”, as compulsory. They account for 98% of the local Muslim population. ...
Created on 23 June 2017
79. 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
80. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives, Brunei, Russia (Dagestan), Bangladesh, and Iran. Yet, Asian countries fall outside the scope of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Accelerate the Abandonment ...
Created on 02 January 2017