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41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. Dec 7: Join our Twitter chat on Type 1 Female Genital Cutting in Asia
(News & Blog)
... Lanka) 9 am EST (US east coast) 4 pm in Egypt 10 pm in Singapore and Malaysia Here is how you can participate: Log into your Twitter account (or make one, if you are not on Twitter yet!) ...
Created on 06 December 2016
47. Let’s Talk About “Sunat Perempuan”
(News & Blog)
... a workshop where participants from Singapore, Malaysia, India, and Thailand shared their experiences and discussed Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Variations of the term include Female Genital Cutting ...
Created on 27 October 2016
48. 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
49. '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
50. New U.S. CDC Study Still Under Reports FGC in this Country
(News & Blog)
... only recently become public knowledge. In the last few years, reports of FGC being practiced in India, Pakistan, Iraq, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, various place in Africa, as well as other developed ...
Created on 06 March 2016
51. All countries, NOW, required to track FGC for U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
(News & Blog)
... amongst Diaspora Dawoodi Bohra communities around the globe. FGC is also known to occur in other asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, amongst others. Just this past year, the ...
Created on 10 February 2016
52. 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
53. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
(Originally published on Stop FGM Middle East on January 9, 2016. Republished here with permission). By Hannah Wettig Women from Malaysia, Thailand, India and Singapore joined on Thursday in Singapore ...
Created on 25 January 2016
54. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... come in through the media and our study show that Dawoodi Bohras practice khatna in the following locations: Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, ...
Created on 11 January 2016
55. More News on FGC
(Uncategorised)
... in row over female genital cutting FGC in Malaysia: DPM maintains that female circumcision is part of Malaysian culture   Stop female circumcision, it has no medical benefit, ...
Created on 06 January 2016
56. Malaysia
(Tags)
Malaysia
Created on 23 June 2021
57. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(Article tagged with: Malaysia)
... 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
58. Here’s what a new study says about female genital cutting in Malaysia
(Article tagged with: Malaysia)
By Zahra Qaiyumi Female genital cutting (FGC) is prevalent among Muslim women in rural Malaysia, and many of them believe the practice is a religious obligation. Ironically, several religious leaders ...
Created on 30 May 2019
59. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(Article tagged with: Malaysia)
(Originally published on Stop FGM Middle East on January 9, 2016. Republished here with permission). By Hannah Wettig Women from Malaysia, Thailand, India and Singapore joined on Thursday in Singapore ...
Created on 25 January 2016
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