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Created on 30 November -0001
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Created on 30 November -0001
3. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... professionals in secrecy. In fact, in 2018, a medical doctor in Michigan was charged with performing FGC on minor girls who had traveled to Michigan from other states to undergo the practice. It was then ...
Created on 24 October 2024
4. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... legislation to be enacted in every state. Particularly since the 2018 Michigan Case ruled that FGC was a criminal activity on the state level and that Congress had overstepped its authority to pass such ...
Created on 04 September 2024
5. Sahiyo U.S. Releases New Impact Report: Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy Program
(News & Blog)
... in geographies such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Michigan, and New York City.  Take a look at some of the highlights: Why We Engage in Policy Work: We recognize that to end FGC and support ...
Created on 20 August 2024
6. The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Jo Keogh
(News & Blog)
... with FGM/C advocacy after reading about how a 2017 Michigan case overturned federal law, resulting in states being responsible for criminalizing FGC and conducting educational outreach. Keogh looked for ...
Created on 30 April 2024
7. A Plan in Action: Reflecting on the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National ARP Convening
(News & Blog)
... this time in Texas, I wonder just how many volunteers and activists are waiting to see if the 2018 prosecution in Michigan will repeat itself?  To me, the beauty of the 2023 ARP Convening was in the ...
Created on 12 December 2023
8. Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy
(Programs)
... banning female genital cutting. What now? Female Genital Cutting charges dismissed but our work continues: Global reactions to Michigan case news Understanding the Supreme Court’s latest judgment mentioning ...
Created on 29 April 2023
9. Volunteer spotlight: Naquia
(News & Blog)
Naquia is a Research Associate at Cornell University where she studies public health policy, homelessness, and health inequities. She recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in ...
Created on 18 January 2023
10. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... about it. National outrage had also sparked following a Michigan court's ruling, acquitting a doctor who had performed FGC on a child. If I had left that conversation and did nothing, knowing the risk ...
Created on 10 December 2021
11. Sahiyo’s statement on the Michigan case dismissal on Sep 28, 2021
(News & Blog)
It is with great sadness and disappointment that Sahiyo responds to the recent judgement in the Michigan case. Female genital cutting (FGC) is recognized internationally, and specifically by the U.S. Government ...
Created on 11 October 2021
12. Upcoming webinar: Exploring the connections between religion and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... rights programs around the world. Ms. Abdulaleem obtained her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and worked at a top international corporate law firm for 14 years. You can learn more about ...
Created on 11 October 2021
13. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
... Bohras in real life,” she said.  Khozema, who currently resides in London, said this in reference to the 2018 U.S. case of a Michigan doctor, Jumana Nagarwala, who was initially charged with performing ...
Created on 15 January 2021
14. The United States has a law banning female genital cutting. What now?
(News & Blog)
... known as vacation cutting. In 2018, a Michigan doctor was taken to court for the mutilation of over 100 girls. The judge dismissed the charges and ruled that Congress did not have the authority to pass ...
Created on 14 January 2021
15. Texas woman charged for Female Genital Cutting: Sahiyo press statement
(News & Blog)
... federal law against FGM/C. The older federal law has been the subject of controversy since April 2017, when two Michigan doctors and six other members of the Dawoodi Bohra community became the first ...
Created on 14 January 2021
16. Survivor Support Resources
(Resources)
... universities and the community at large. We also facilitate on-going survivors’ support group that can help educate and challenge the traditional belief systems that perpetuate this practice. MICHIGAN ...
Created on 04 December 2020
17. The movement to end FGM/C: Looking back at the 2010s and looking forward in 2020
(News & Blog)
... picks women’s right to bodily integrity over religious freedom? We will have to cross our fingers, wait, and see.  United States: In 2017, two Bohra doctors from Michigan were among eight Bohras prosecuted ...
Created on 11 January 2020
18. 31 US States Now Have Laws Against Female Genital Cutting, But Government Will Not Appeal in the Federal Michigan Case
(News & Blog)
... in Detroit, Michigan, on nine minor girls.  In positive news, however, 31 out of 50 states in the USA now have laws banning Female Genital Cutting after Idaho, Arkansas, and Utah passed laws to that ...
Created on 05 May 2019
19. Female Genital Cutting Diaries: My first encounter with the tradition of female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... case for why many Shia Muslim Dawoodi Bohra mothers and fathers perpetuate the practice 5,000 miles away in India and among diaspora communities such as the one in Detroit, Michigan. I am struck by ...
Created on 18 December 2018
20. Five things you need to know about the controversial court ruling on FGM/C in USA: Sahiyo explains
(News & Blog)
... With this ruling, the judge dismissed key charges of FGM against two Michigan doctors and six other people accused of practicing genital cutting on several minor girls. However, in the same ruling, ...
Created on 04 December 2018