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21. Voices Series: A Reflection on a nine-month journey
(News & Blog)
... of oppression operating behind them: patriarchy and racism entangled. Nine months of a journey where my belly was growing and the story was being created. The experience of using the digital storytelling ...
Created on 02 June 2020
22. An ode to every woman fighting social norms around the world
(News & Blog)
... the name of social norms; it is an ode to women all over the world, who are forced to fight the norms of patriarchy every day in order to simply survive.)  What makes a woman? Is it her kindness, generosity, ...
Created on 27 February 2020
23. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part III
(News & Blog)
... third installment explains some of the reasons the interlocutors provided for practicing FGC, including tradition and the control of female sexuality within patriarchy. Read part one here. Read part two ...
Created on 02 July 2019
24. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part II
(News & Blog)
... and the control of female sexuality within patriarchy.  Saza is a Senior Executive of service learning at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore. She recently graduated from Yale-NUS College where she ...
Created on 30 April 2019
25. My experience at the Sahiyo U.S. Activist Retreat made me reflect on my khatna
(News & Blog)
... rhetoric and a focus on my “crazy” culture. There are so many “crazy” cultures, and perhaps mine is another use case for patriarchy. I don’t hate my culture, the people who performed khatna on me, or ...
Created on 06 April 2019
26. Examining Female Genital Cutting and Intersectionality
(News & Blog)
... Once again, I was wrong. I learned that the patriarchy, embodied by these ‘reformist’ men, can never be leveraged to end violence against women. I learned that it is not worth compromising my core values ...
Created on 27 November 2018
27. Thaal Pe Charcha Launches in California
(News & Blog)
... around a thaal. It is difficult to talk about the patriarchy that exists within our jamaats and I am grateful that TPC created a safe and confidential space to hear each other’s stories and to remind one ...
Created on 15 November 2018
28. Topple the system- question the microaggressions
(News & Blog)
... conducting a research on the individual experience of Khatna and its effects. Read her other articles in this series – Khatna Research in Mumbai. Patriarchy is that societal system where the head of ...
Created on 04 October 2018
29. Not all damages are physical. Not everyone religious is morally ethical
(News & Blog)
... (FGM) everywhere else in the world and it is increasingly treated as a crime committed on helpless female children. Why? What’s the reason? Some say purity, some say patriarchy. Some do it because ...
Created on 21 September 2018
30. Why men too must speak out against Khatna
(News & Blog)
... not many people are willing to speak up against it, even though all people, especially men, need to do so. Within the structure of the Indian patriarchy, men enjoy power not only by virtue of their gender ...
Created on 27 July 2018
31. White House Press Release Falsely links Gender Violence (and FGC) to Foreign Nationals
(News & Blog)
... world, or, are they okay as long as any violation that occurs is just not in their backyard? FGC has its origins rooted in the patriarchy and suppression of female sexuality. Expecting the Trump administration ...
Created on 21 February 2018
32. The unsolved riddle: conversations with survivors (Part 2)
(News & Blog)
... be expressed aloud in the Pakistani media? Was this the way of patriarchy? It made you suffer in silence. I traced my steps back to where I had deviated from the norm. The more I struggled to solve the ...
Created on 06 January 2018
33. Violated hopes: My struggle to report on Female Genital Cutting in Pakistan
(News & Blog)
... hurt, humiliated, and degraded because I had made the mistake of speaking out. I had forgotten that stirring up a conversation would dismantle the stronghold of patriarchy. I was asked to retreat and swallow ...
Created on 23 December 2017
34. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
(News & Blog)
... the sexual health of both males and females, and controlling female sexuality is a form of patriarchy, not Islam. We would like to reiterate that all forms of FGM/C are against the law in the United ...
Created on 08 June 2017
35. Female Genital Cutting exists to preserve patriarchy: A Bohra survivor speaks out
(News & Blog)
... been lying to us telling us that this is the right thing to do and beneficial for our future. This entire malpractice is existent to ensure and preserve patriarchy in societies. Us women are always ...
Created on 08 March 2017
36. My daughter is the joy of my life. There was no way I could have her cut.
(News & Blog)
... my mind. She is the joy of my life, she gives it meaning. There was no wayI could do that to her. Among the many ugly manifestations of patriarchy, I believe FGC is perhaps the most horrific. We see everywhere ...
Created on 30 January 2017
37. Let’s Talk About “Sunat Perempuan”
(News & Blog)
... was that patriarchy was to blame for having women internalise FGM as “ideas of women” and think that the choices they make for their daughters are empowering. I couldn’t agree more.   In my opinion, ...
Created on 27 October 2016
38. My Body Is Not Mine – A Muslim woman’s commentary on body autonomy
(News & Blog)
... has made our community know nothing else but patriarchy and the control of women to feed the male need to dominate and have power.   God doesn’t tell women to be less. Islam doesn’t tell women to be ...
Created on 15 September 2016
39. No, even ‘symbolic’ or ‘mild’ female genital cutting is NOT okay
(News & Blog)
... will have stronger sexual urges and she is likely to have pre-marital or exra-marital affairs. What is this if not blatant patriarchy, which denies women a right to their own bodies and attempts to police ...
Created on 02 July 2016
40. Join us at Azad Maidan on March 8 to assert women's equality within religio
(News & Blog)
8th MARCH – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Women Of All Religions Unite To Fight Patriarchy Within Women Demand Equal Rights To Access Of Places Of Worship Date: 8th March 2016 Venue: Azad Maidan, near ...
Created on 07 March 2016