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1. Upcoming Equality Now media training
(News & Blog)
... Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Sri Lanka, and India. Though widespread, the practice of FGM/C that occurs in Asia continues to receive little  acknowledgement, and so does Asia as a region affected by the ...
Created on 08 December 2023
2. PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website
(News & Blog)
... countries, including the United States, Canada, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Chad, and more. The storytellers represent a range of ages, economic statuses, cultural ...
Created on 29 July 2022
3. Sahiyo staff join panel on FGM/C with Drexel University faculty and students
(News & Blog)
... is a student at Drexel University from Sri Lanka who offered her insight from a social perspective, exploring the underlying causes of FGM/C, and what it is like living in a community where FGM/C is the ...
Created on 16 April 2021
4. Sri Lanka’s first survey on FGM/C: Survivors need space to talk and access to medical care
(News & Blog)
... in a first of its kind report for the country titled, “Towards Understanding Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka.”  The report, published by the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka, is the very ...
Created on 14 April 2020
5. Reflecting before we move forward: Overview of global FGC news from 2018
(News & Blog)
... this lens by a larger constitution bench of the Court – an appeal that the Court finally granted. From September to November, as the Sri Lankan government considered a ban on FGC and gave a platform ...
Created on 16 January 2019
6. To ban or medicalise? Sri Lanka grapples with debates on Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
(Please note that a version of this article appears on LankaWeb.com. It has been republished here with permission from the author.) By Fatima Yasmin   Country: Sri Lanka Muslim religious organisations ...
Created on 17 October 2018
7. Let there be no more victims like me
(News & Blog)
By Anonymous Country: Sri Lanka I am a victim of Female Genital Cutting – some might want to call it circumcision, I call it Mutilation. Not quite the way that the proponents want to depict it as what ...
Created on 27 September 2018
8. Sahiyo’s petition to the United Nations needs your help
(News & Blog)
... global scope of the problem of FGM/C remains unknown. In the past year, cases of FGM/C in Sri Lanka, India, and other Asian countries have come into the light of the media and attracted the attention ...
Created on 07 May 2018
9. Finally in the spotlight: Female Genital Cutting is getting national attention in Sri Lanka
(News & Blog)
Until a few months ago, Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in Sri Lanka was spoken about only in whispers within practicing communities and in a few news articles. Since last month, however, the issue has suddenly ...
Created on 14 December 2017
10. FGC in Sri Lanka
(News & Blog)
 Sri Lank-Culture: Mothers Watch as Daughters are Circumcised   Stop FGM Middle East: Sri Lank  Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights, and violence ...
Created on 04 December 2017
11. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... genital mutilation FGC in Sri Lanka: Sri Lank-Culture: Mothers Watch as Daughters are Circumcised  Stop FGM Middle East: Sri Lank Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: ...
Created on 04 December 2017
12. My parents would not have cut me if they had the right information, says a Sri Lankan Bohra
(News & Blog)
By: Anonymous Country: Colombo, Sri Lanka Age: in her 50s Circa 1970s, I was seven years old.   I hardly have any memories of my life during this period and most are vague, but I do remember almost ...
Created on 15 November 2017
13. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
... has also been reported in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives, Brunei, Russia (Dagestan), Bangladesh, and Iran and amongst diaspora populations around the world ...
Created on 12 July 2017
14. ‘Girls must be circumcised or they will grow up loose’: Three Sri Lankan women talk about Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
by: Bintari Hamza Zafar, a concerned Sri Lankan Muslim citizen Country: Sri Lanka Female Genital Mutilation is a serious problem in Sri Lanka. Almost all Sri Lankan Muslim women are circumcised. Both ...
Created on 23 June 2017
15. Speak Out on FGM petition to the UN collects more than 500 signatures
(News & Blog)
... in “certain ethnic groups in Asian countries…in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka”, Indonesia is the only one of these countries that is included in the UN’s official FGC-prevalence statistic ...
Created on 17 January 2017
16. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... as recently as 2016. This official data still leaves out a large number of women from other countries – particularly in Asia – where FGC has been reported. FGM/C is known to occur in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri ...
Created on 02 January 2017
17. Dec 7: Join our Twitter chat on Type 1 Female Genital Cutting in Asia
(News & Blog)
... and Sahiyo would love to discuss this question – and many others – with all of you in a Twitter Chat on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Timings: The Twitter Chat begins at 7.30 pm IST (India and Sri ...
Created on 06 December 2016
18. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... no studies exist for Thailand, India or other countries in the region like Sri Lanka where FGM is known to be practiced. John Chua, professor for film and associate of WADI also mentioned in his presentation ...
Created on 25 January 2016
19. The Practice of Khatna or Female Genital Mutilation amongst the Dawoodi (Daudi) Bohra Shia Muslim Community – Part 1
(News & Blog)
... Buddhists, Sikhs, etc. The Dawoodi Bohra Shia Muslim community, found in large numbers in India and Pakistan, and to a smaller extent, in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the only Muslim community in the Indian ...
Created on 19 January 2016
20. More News on FGC
(Uncategorised)
... human rights violation FGC in Sri Lanka:   FGC in the United States:   FGC in the United Kingdom: UK Serious Crime Act 2015 Legislation – FGM Fact Sheet   Female ...
Created on 06 January 2016