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1. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
2. Reflecting on Investing in Girls and Women: Unleashing the Power of Philanthropy to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... priorities in terms of governance and policy-making can change. For example, in Tanzania, the government's stance on FGC has shifted over time. Although Julius Nyerere, the nation's first president, spoke ...
Created on 17 May 2023
3. 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
4. CSW Virtual Parallel Event - “Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... clip featured men in a Tanzanian market talking about why they feel the need for girls to be subjected to FGM/C. The clip dispelled prevailing social norms surrounding FGM/C and the misconceptions around ...
Created on 17 March 2022
5. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
... in Tanzania who bear the societal pressure to undergo FGC. Following the stories of several young girls in Tanzania and a charismatic African activist, Rhobi Samwelly, the audience is taken on an emotional ...
Created on 28 February 2021
6. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
... The Dawoodi Bohra population comprises up to one million people in countries such as India, Pakistan, Yemen, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania and South Africa. Diaspora communities also live in Europe, Australia ...
Created on 15 January 2021
7. Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation
(News & Blog)
... among groups in several African countries including Benin, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. According ...
Created on 06 February 2020
8. Launching Global Voices to End FGM/C — An Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
(News & Blog)
... of personal images (photos and video clips) provided by the storytellers, and images contributed by participating women artists.  The storytellers come from a variety of countries including: Tanzania, ...
Created on 29 July 2019
9. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... girls under 14 in 1995, to 8% in 2016.  Some countries with lower rates – including Kenya and Tanzania, where 3-10% of girls endure FGM – helped drive down the overall figure. Nevertheless, UNICEF’s groundbreaking ...
Created on 05 March 2019
10. Why female genital cutting still continues: Exploring the reasons behind its sustenance
(News & Blog)
... with ruthlessness as a sign of their gallantry and bravery. Among certain groups in Tanzania and Somaliland, infibulation is believed to form a “chastity belt” around the skin of female genitalia. Magesa ...
Created on 05 February 2019
11. Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Is it an Islamic Practice? (Part 2)
(News & Blog)
... the practice with the Islamic culture. First, FGC was common among the Egyptian Coptic Christians and a number of Tanzanian Christian communities. In fact, FGC was also reportedly performed on Western ...
Created on 13 October 2018
12. Tracing the Origins of Female Genital Cutting: How It All started
(News & Blog)
... is rife among the Kuria, Kikiyu, Masai and Pokot people in Kenya, Zaramos in Tanzania, Dogon and Bambara people in Mali to name a few. Scholars have also indicated the income-generating facet of the practice ...
Created on 21 July 2018
13. Sahiyo participates in Canadian webinar on FGC
(News & Blog)
... that has anti-FGC programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda; Jenna Richards from Orchid Project, a UK-based organisation that supports anti-FGC partners in Senegal, Kenya and India, among others; Aarefa ...
Created on 25 June 2018
14. Sahiyo participates in the End Violence Against Girls Summit on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, and the United States. Participants also included girls and women who have lived through the ordeal ...
Created on 14 December 2016
15. New U.S. CDC Study Still Under Reports FGC in this Country
(News & Blog)
...  Liberia,  Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, West Africa, Yemen. However, at the global level recognition that FGC occurs in countries outside of the African continent has ...
Created on 06 March 2016
16. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... Qatar, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.   IS KHATNA DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES?   According to the World Health Organization, ...
Created on 11 January 2016
17. Reflecting on Investing in Girls and Women: Unleashing the Power of Philanthropy to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... priorities in terms of governance and policy-making can change. For example, in Tanzania, the government's stance on FGC has shifted over time. Although Julius Nyerere, the nation's first president, spoke ...
Created on 17 May 2023
18. 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
19. CSW Virtual Parallel Event - “Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... clip featured men in a Tanzanian market talking about why they feel the need for girls to be subjected to FGM/C. The clip dispelled prevailing social norms surrounding FGM/C and the misconceptions around ...
Created on 17 March 2022
20. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
... in Tanzania who bear the societal pressure to undergo FGC. Following the stories of several young girls in Tanzania and a charismatic African activist, Rhobi Samwelly, the audience is taken on an emotional ...
Created on 28 February 2021