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41. Navigating Complexity: Understanding and Addressing Challenges Faced by Kurdish Women with FGM/C
(News & Blog)
...  As a handbook, this publication also provides practical guidance on psychosexual therapy and social services. It marks a culture-oriented approach in the domain of “Life with female circumcision,” ...
Created on 26 April 2024
42. Finding safe people and protecting your peace is key, says activist Grace Culqui
(News & Blog)
... “safe people.” But first, she had to find them. “I learned in therapy that someone may not be a bad person, but they may just not be a safe person to talk to you about these types of things.”  ...
Created on 26 March 2024
43. Dear Maasi: How can I stop the trauma of FGM/C from popping into my mind?
(News & Blog)
... I’ve emotionally resolved much about the FGM/C trauma through therapy, there are times when it pops into my mind in an unexpected way, for example, the odd time when I’m urinating. It might be a depressing ...
Created on 24 October 2023
44. Psychosexual Care for FGM/C Survivors: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
... to continue because we know they will need months of therapy and they can’t afford it.”  This type of funding would be invaluable to survivors who have had to discontinue their therapy sessions ...
Created on 04 September 2023
45. Sexual pleasure after female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... allow the survivor to understand their body better and study ways of experiencing pleasure while still healing from physical and emotional scars.  Somatic therapy involves the psychological process ...
Created on 11 August 2023
46. Mindful Movement for Pelvic Pain
(News & Blog)
By Body Harmony Physical Therapy May is Pelvic Pain Awareness Month. Pelvic pain has been reported by some individuals after undergoing the harmful practice of female genital cutting (FGC). This can ...
Created on 25 May 2023
47. Proposed legislation in Idaho and Texas discriminates against Transgender Youth and removes protections for children at risk of undergoing FGC
(News & Blog)
... suppression, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries, has been shown to decrease rates of depression, improve psychosocial functioning, and have minimal long-term side effects for transgender individuals. ...
Created on 01 March 2023
48. Moving Connecticut ahead: Protecting girls from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting 
(News & Blog)
... child marriage, and conversion therapy. However, Connecticut has yet to address the issue of FGM/C and remains one of 10 U.S. states without any state-level law protecting future generations from this ...
Created on 21 September 2022
49. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... their reality of gender and sexuality did not match what society demanded of them. The lack of LGBTQ+ inclusive resources available in healthcare settings, therapy, and anti-FGC organizations has actively ...
Created on 01 August 2022
50. Activists Retreat Reflection: Umme's experienc
(News & Blog)
... comes from not knowing and needing to know at the same time? Even before the Retreat, I had been grieving. I went to therapy, I laid in bed and wallowed in my depression; I bargained with a God I almost ...
Created on 29 July 2022
51. Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Belong in the Movement to End FGC
(News & Blog)
... about at family dinners. So, when I thought of myself, what it meant to be me, “victim” was always near the top of that list. Despite years of therapy, some things are still very hard for me. Some days ...
Created on 24 June 2022
52. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... When I found a service that provided counseling for survivors, I saw that it was available only to women and girls. When asked for my pronouns, I removed “they” and stuck with “she.”  I can’t say therapy ...
Created on 31 May 2022
53. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... action that has no basis in the crucial work to end FGC. Gender-affirming care can include social interventions, pubertal suppression, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries. Social interventions ...
Created on 22 March 2022
54. Reflecting on Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After Female Genital Cutting Part 2
(News & Blog)
... a health educator on sexual and reproductive health, and Nazneen Vasi, an expert in physical and pelvic floor therapy.  Nazneen began by asking the audience what the pelvic floor is and then explaining ...
Created on 15 December 2021
55. Upcoming Webinar: Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing Part 2
(News & Blog)
... into these topics with three new expert panelists:  Nazneen Vasi, pelvic floor therapist and founder of Body Harmony Physical Therapy. Manal Omar, founder of Across Red Lines, Haddi Ceesay, health ...
Created on 01 November 2021
56. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Farzana
(News & Blog)
... my senior dog and lunch; 2:30pm-7:30pm: see clients in my psychotherapy practice; 8:30-11:00; post-dinner wind-down with reading, exercise, Netflix, online events What are some things you do for self-care? ...
Created on 28 November 2020
57. Dear Maasi: How do you navigate being a public advocate on female genital cutting while dating?
(News & Blog)
... to the issues at festivals and in media interviews. Despite the dread I felt, I knew I had to work through my anxieties and become ready. But this wasn’t a simple process. I returned to therapy. I did ...
Created on 16 November 2020
58. 'I have convinced my friends to refrain from Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... therapist who specializes in reconnective healing therapy. The therapist, Shabnam Contractor, is a member of the Bohra community and was able to understand how FGC might have affected the women participants. ...
Created on 12 January 2020
59. The unexpected gift of attending the U.S. Sahiyo Activist Retreat and connecting with other survivors
(News & Blog)
... talk about and think about for a while. There were parts of it that felt like group therapy, something I had not expected. I just had not expected how deeply moving it is for someone else to say, “That ...
Created on 24 July 2019
60. A mother's side of the story on female genital cuttin
(News & Blog)
... This revelation shatters a belief in khatna she may have fostered for more than half of her life. In therapy, we always say that beliefs are the most difficult psychological construct to work with because ...
Created on 22 January 2019