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Created on 30 November -0001
2. Positive Masculinity; A Critical Tool in the Movement to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... but I also know that patriarchy continues to influence women and girls in ways that even they have assumed are “normal” or “acceptable.” Dr. Patrick Muia Ndavi, the Coordinator for Abandonment of FGM ...
Created on 20 February 2025
3. Donor Spotlight: Brad Mazon
(News & Blog)
... as my mother was – it was that the opportunities to thrive had been taken from them by the patriarchy that surrounded them. I also understand that the impacts of FGM are different in different contexts. ...
Created on 24 September 2024
4. 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)
By: Bakahn Jamal Talking about FGC with others is not always easy, especially when speaking to men about the subject. Over the month of June, Sahiyo held an awareness campaign in honor of Fathers day, ...
Created on 16 September 2024
5. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
... communities to solidify the movement and address the root causes of universal, systemic causes of oppression: male privilege and the patriarchy.  With that, I realize that gender-based violence work ...
Created on 13 September 2024
6. Reflecting on Our Father’s Day Bhaiyo Campaign
(News & Blog)
...  Starting the Dialogue: Sharing Your Experiences on Initiating Conversations with Men about Female Genital Cutting Ending FGM – Fight the Mansplaining, Toxic Masculinity, and Patriarchy  ...
Created on 18 July 2024
7. Ending FGM – Fight the Mansplaining, Toxic Masculinity, and Patriarchy
(News & Blog)
... about this human rights violation. As I sat in on a webinar last week designed to discuss strategies to bring men aboard as partners in this fight, I realized how steeped in the patriarchy some of my ...
Created on 21 June 2024
8. Staff Spotlight Community Engagement Coordinator: Samman Masud
(News & Blog)
... discuss the harmful impacts of FGC within their circles, especially if they belong to communities where FGC is practiced. Gender-based violence is a function of patriarchy, and without male allies who ...
Created on 13 February 2024
9. Sexual pleasure after female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... and knowledge. I find it concerning how patriarchy can restrain a woman's sexual desires, rather than celebrate them. I decided to do some research about FGC and the outcomes of the practice, particularly ...
Created on 11 August 2023
10. Dear Maasi: Why it is that women who have gone through FGM/C continue to do it to their young ones?
(News & Blog)
... is complex.   The writer and activist Mona Eltahawy asserts that “women are the foot soldiers of the patriarchy.” This means that while the men hold the power and make the rules, women are required ...
Created on 14 June 2023
11. Session on FGM at the workshop Nayi Dishayein- Rethinking Development
(News & Blog)
... range of issues, from development and the confines of patriarchy to environmental conservation and sustainable living. We, along with our participants, challenged our beliefs, views, convictions, and privilege ...
Created on 06 February 2023
12. Volunteer spotlight: Development intern Alyson Maye
(News & Blog)
... important because it focuses on liberating young girls and women from FGC, which reinforces and upholds a patriarchy that is pervasive in many communities, particularly those that practice FGC. What ...
Created on 17 November 2022
13. Upcoming NGO CSW 66 Parallel Event: Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C is a social and gendered norm, upheld through complex systems of patriarchy and tradition, the call to action includes acknowledging that we cannot bring about its end without engaging everyone, ...
Created on 22 February 2022
14. Voices reflection: Hear it from a Hindu girl, FGM/C has nothing to do with religion 
(News & Blog)
... my undergraduate college years. A play through which we spoke about the cultural subversion of women and how every religion has its way of propagating patriarchy via religion and culture.  When we performed ...
Created on 15 September 2021
15. Remembering Egyptian feminist’s heroic fight against female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Madrisha Debnath Despite the fact that the mother of Egyptian Feminist Movement Nawal El Saadawi died at age 89 earlier this year, her fight against patriarchy lives on. Born in 1931, she was an Egyptian ...
Created on 08 August 2021
16. Reflecting on the critical intersections between anti-racism and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... practice, but by naming FGM/C as child abuse rooted in patriarchy and oppression, survivors can draw attention to the issue for what it is in order to truly show people the harm being done. Toward the ...
Created on 08 August 2021
17. UnChained At Last: The United States’ Child Marriage Problem webinar reflection
(News & Blog)
... violence, including female genital cutting (FGC), child marriage in the U.S. is upheld through complicated systems of patriarchy, economic survival strategies, cultural norms, and legislative inaction. ...
Created on 29 July 2021
18. Everyone’s Responsibility: Discussing the Role Male Allies Play In Preventing Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... is no deadline to end patriarchy,” Mwebia said. While we do need to work to fight FGC, it is also important to understand how it is connected to the larger system of violence against women and girls.  ...
Created on 25 March 2021
19. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Zenab
(News & Blog)
... What are some of your passions? When I see any injustice towards weaker sections of society l become passionate to oppose it. I am also passionate towards patriarchy and religious tyranny. What does ...
Created on 09 December 2020
20. Let’s Talk FGC: A fireside chat with Mariya Taher and Farzana Esmail
(News & Blog)
... keep peeling and those are so deeply entrenched with fear, with purity culture, patriarchy, gender roles, promiscuity, shame. It’s, therefore, so important to be able to see this with a much wider prism, ...
Created on 25 June 2020