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41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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
55. 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
56. Looking from the Outside-In: Initial Perceptions of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
By Batoul Saleh A campaign event for Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and former Michigan rep. Rashida Tlaib was disrupted on August 11 by Laura Loomer, a conservative media personality. Invading the event, ...
Created on 21 September 2018
57. Shifting terrains: Lessons learnt from the first U.S. Activists Retreat for Bohras against Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Bohra woman who is accused of performing FGC on girls in Michigan, that discussing these next steps felt crucial. The Activists Retreat was the first of its kind in the United States for women who came ...
Created on 08 February 2018
58. StoryCenter-A digital storytelling workshop for Bohra women in the United States
(News & Blog)
... Speak Out). In total, eight people have now been charged in connection to this FGC case in Michigan. After going through the StoryCenter workshop experience, I came away knowing that I want to support ...
Created on 22 November 2017
59. The Detroit doctor arrests are an opportunity to talk about Khatna
(News & Blog)
... our heads in the sand and pretending that what is happening in Michigan does not concern us, we need to use this opportunity to talk and question. Having grown up in the community, I completely understand ...
Created on 14 May 2017
60. We must find culturally sensitive methods to end FGC and protect girls from further trauma
(News & Blog)
... because of the arrest of a doctor associated with the practice in Detroit, Michigan. This arrest was followed by a few more arrests leading to subsequent intervention by Michigan’s Child Protection Services ...
Created on 08 May 2017