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41. FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING A Continuing Tradition
(News & Blog)
... girls and women alive today have been cut in Africa and the Middle East. As many as 30 million girls are at risk of being cut over the next decade. Within the United States, the Center for Disease ...
Created on 17 January 2016
42. More News on FGC
(Uncategorised)
Sahiyo in the News   Press Release: Voices to End FGMC   FGC in Dawoodi Bohra Community   FGC in Asia: FGC in Asia and the Middle East Map   Following our report, Facebook ...
Created on 06 January 2016
43. Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Video Screening & Discussion with Survivors of FGM/C in Washington State (13 June 2024)
(Events / Screening)
... and their families to reach their highest potential. At Mother Africa, we envision a society where immigrant and refugee African and Middle Eastern women have both a seat and a voice at the decision-making ...
Created on 05 June 2024
44. Virtual Briefing: Prevention & Response: How to Protect Washington’s Children & Support Survivors & Communities Impacted by Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. (08 May 2024)
(Events / Webinar)
... and their families to reach their highest potential. At Mother Africa, we envision a society where immigrant and refugee African and Middle Eastern women have both a seat and a voice at the decision-making ...
Created on 30 April 2024
45. Sustainable Development Goals: How the UNs Benchmarks Align with Sahiyo’s Mission to End Female Gential Cutting
(News & Blog)
... focus on African and Middle Eastern countries in order to meet the 2030 goal of ending the practice. So, while the UN's efforts have reached millions, leveraging their resources to expand this movement ...
Created on 12 December 2024
46. The Washington Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Dr. Muna Osman
(News & Blog)
... understand it at the time. It wasn't until she was in graduate school that she decided to make FGC the focus of her studies. "I came from a country that practices. I was in the Middle East, and it happened ...
Created on 24 October 2024
47. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... FGC is a form of gender-based violence that is often mistakenly understood to only occur in certain cultural traditions in Africa and the Middle East, the occurrence of FGC has a history in the U.S. that ...
Created on 24 October 2024
48. Male Engagement within the Movement to End FGM/C: From Conversation to Connection: Creating a dialogue between men and women on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... self-help programs in the Middle East. A large part of her work is going to rural communities and creating dialogues with local leaders about the dangers of FGC.  Below, Bakahn shared her experiences ...
Created on 16 September 2024
49. Sahiyo is thrilled The Gambia decided to keep the FGC ban in place!
(News & Blog)
... The Gambia vulnerable. According to UNICEF, around 230 million women worldwide have undergone female genital cutting in the past eight years, with the majority in Africa and others in the Middle East ...
Created on 23 July 2024
50. UNICEF releases new data on global prevalence of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... more relevant data for our work to end FGM/C, it is worth noting that Asian countries like India and Indonesia, and Middle Eastern countries like Pakistan and Iran are missing entirely. With the absence ...
Created on 21 March 2024
51. Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities
(News & Blog)
... an organization promoting self-help programs in the Middle East such as monitoring and lobbying for citizen rights: rehabilitation projects for long-term prisoners, literacy programs, education and training ...
Created on 02 January 2024
52. Cohosting Catalyzing Global Action to End FGM/C - A Pre-Conference at Women Deliver 2023
(News & Blog)
... Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and America. It promoted knowledge exchange, interregional collaboration, and global cooperation with the aim of catalyzing collective action and movement building, designing ...
Created on 17 July 2023
53. Announcing the Women Deliver 2023 Conference
(News & Blog)
... be a space of shared solidarity, bringing together activists and organizations working to end FGM/C across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and America. It will promote knowledge exchange, interregional ...
Created on 03 July 2023
54. SAHIYO JOINS OVER 40 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN $13.2 MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN INITIATIVE
(News & Blog)
... U.S. to provide services for survivors of gender-based violence in Asian/Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI), and Middle Eastern (ME) communities in the United States and U.S. territories. ...
Created on 15 May 2023
55. The overturning of Roe v. Wade and its implications for survivors of FGC
(News & Blog)
... within the experience of having undergone FGC and seeking an abortion, particularly around stigma. While FGC is a practice impacting those AFAB in over 90 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, ...
Created on 02 May 2023
56. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Dr. Akil Taherbhai
(News & Blog)
... with my cousin, who was familiar with Sahiyo’s work, about FGM/C and he told me about all the great work that Sahiyo is doing. Back in the 70s, I was practicing medicine in The Middle East, and it was ...
Created on 02 March 2023
57. Mutilation or enhancement: A researcher’s argument for respectful terminology on genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... of their constituents, or were these leaders self-appointed? At the very least, they cannot have been authorized to speak on behalf of countless Southeast Asian or Middle Eastern women who have been affected ...
Created on 14 September 2021
58. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... Priya Goswami Pictures The Story of Khatna In Bohris In Conversation With Film-Maker Priya Goswami – A Pinch of Skin In parts of Asia and Middle East, female genital mutilation a hidden ritual Breaking ...
Created on 02 March 2021
59. Farzana Esmail hosts fireside chat on FGC with co-founder of Sahiyo
(News & Blog)
... FGC only applied to 29 or 30 relevant countries, which were mostly within Africa and the Middle East. The issue here is that FGC is a global issue. It is prevalent in South Asia and is practiced in at ...
Created on 26 June 2020
60. Let’s Talk FGC: A fireside chat with Mariya Taher and Farzana Esmail
(News & Blog)
... Africa and the Middle East. So at that time, it was only amongst, I think 29 or 30 countries. The SDGs, this new framework, actually accounts for the fact that it is global. It is no longer just counting ...
Created on 25 June 2020