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41. Why doctors need to speak out against female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... lasting pain; many have been unable to forget the mental trauma of being betrayed by their mothers, held down and abused; some have had to seek therapy to be able to get intimate with their partners and ...
Created on 11 July 2017
42. To cut or not to cut? Let our daughters grow up and decide
(News & Blog)
... sex, but it has changed my outlook towards our mothers who told us that anyone who touched us forcefully was wrong, especially in our private areas, but then they, themselves, took us to an unknown woman, ...
Created on 29 May 2017
43. We must find culturally sensitive methods to end FGC and protect girls from further trauma
(News & Blog)
... particularly traumatized. Additionally, carrying out a witch hunt on all the mothers, possibly separating the girls from their parents, and asking for a ‘permanent termination’ of rights to parenting, ...
Created on 08 May 2017
44. Female Genital Cutting: Religion has nothing to do with it
(News & Blog)
... I now live in the United States and see that this practice still lives on, whether it’s against the law or not, and it hurts me knowing that it is still easy to find a cutter, that mothers of my generation ...
Created on 05 May 2017
45. Let us not vilify the Detroit doctor as we work to end Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... her to do otherwise.   So by villainizing her, punishing her – you may scare some other doctors from conducting the practice. You may deter some other mothers from having their children undergo the procedure. ...
Created on 24 April 2017
46. Sahiyo staff spoke in a symposia entitled Mothers and daughters: continuity, love, fear and belonging
(News & Blog)
... relationships with mothers, other forms of gender-based violence and abuse, as well as systemic injustice. The symposia in general served to address the following questions: “Feminism has made the exploration ...
Created on 18 November 2020
47. Crying out our mothers’ grief: How we allowed female genital mutilation to flourish in our communities
(News & Blog)
By Tamanna Taher When I began writing an article on female genital mutilation (FGM), I was adamant that my research be thorough, and my opinions be carefully articulated. However, I did not realise the ...
Created on 10 November 2020
48. What Not to Say
(News & Blog)
... women gave to expectant mothers about giving birth to a son. I had heard of secret abortions of girl children that took place in India and Pakistan, but a women and gender studies course that looked at ...
Created on 24 December 2024
49. Starting the Dialogue: Sharing Your Experiences on Initiating Conversations with Men about Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... or younger sisters, overriding the influence of grandmothers and wives who might support the tradition. Additionally, men can freely discuss with other men why FGC is a harmful practice without fear of ...
Created on 21 June 2024
50. A Space to Belong: My Reflection on the 2023 Activist Retreat
(News & Blog)
... and pleased to see – that we had moms and grandmothers in the space talking about how they prevented their daughters from being cut, or they themselves were saved from it. Learning that this work had been ...
Created on 01 April 2024
51. Breaking the Cycle: A Journey in Women's Health and FGM/C Awarenes
(News & Blog)
... to be both an invitation to engage in an open dialogue about women's health and an encouragement for conversations across generations — from grandmothers to mothers to daughters.  By weaving these elements ...
Created on 11 January 2024
52. Webinar reflection: Centring Community in FGM/C Behaviour Change Theory
(News & Blog)
... beliefs about FGM/C and behaviour: we must not only work towards diminishing support for the practice, but also the act itself. Dr. Shell-Duncan explained the importance of this distinction, as mothers ...
Created on 03 June 2022
53. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: My experience with different Bhaiyos 
(News & Blog)
... as unscientific and unnecessary, my sister and I did not go through it while we were young. My mother and grandmothers, who had all gone through Khatna themselves, were initially hesitant to not follow ...
Created on 22 March 2022
54. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: Turning my Dad into a Bhaiyo
(News & Blog)
... atheist, he had some trouble understanding at first why mothers would continue to subject their daughters to FGM/C if they themselves disagreed with it because he has never followed a religious practice. ...
Created on 09 March 2022
55. Reflecting on Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After Female Genital Cutting Part 2
(News & Blog)
... When speaking to mothers, Haddi found that their concerns about sex stemmed from a fear of potential complications they would face having more children, based upon their previous difficult childbirths. ...
Created on 15 December 2021
56. Saved by a lie: A story of female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... to do. That is how Bohri women still continue to be cut in this day and age by their mothers and aunts and grandmothers.  My mother still remembers the day she was cut as a child very vividly. She wasn’t ...
Created on 18 April 2021
57. Sahiyo Resources
(Resources)
... four Female Genital Cutting survivors. The stories highlighted the different ways in which FGC affects women who are cut and the difficult decisions that mothers often have to make when they are caught ...
Created on 04 December 2020
58. Population Council hosts webinar to discuss ending female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... intriguing findings. One discovery that I found especially important was that conflicted mothers have been turning to doctors to decide on their behalf whether or not their daughter should be cut. This ...
Created on 25 August 2020
59. Protecting the girl child: The need for an anti-FGM law in India 
(News & Blog)
... by systematic enforcement of laws and policies.  However, one needs to be mindful that while a law may serve as adeterrent, the perpetrators are almost always mothers, grandmothers and other family members. ...
Created on 06 August 2020
60. Population Council hosts second webinar on FGM/C research
(News & Blog)
... Egypt. Hers was a qualitative study with multiple intriguing findings. One discovery that I found especially important was that conflicted mothers have been turning to doctors to decide on their behalf ...
Created on 02 July 2020