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Created on 22 February 2018
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3. Farewell to Programs Coordinator Catherine Cox
(News & Blog)
... transitioning off of Sahiyo as Programs Coordinator to journey to the United Kingdom, where she will start her Masters at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London with the ...
Created on 07 September 2023
4. 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
5. Reflecting on the critical intersections between anti-racism and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... experience of FGM/C with the goal of protecting girls from this abusive practice. Originally from Somalia, Hussein works as a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom and addresses the prevalence of FGM/C ...
Created on 08 August 2021
6. Addressing Critical Intersections: Anti-Racism and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... as a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom and addresses the prevalence of FGM around the world. As Leyla reminds us, FGM is a practice of oppressing women and controlling women’s sexuality. It’s not an ...
Created on 05 July 2021
7. The End FGM European Network hosts webinar: “Addressing female genital mutilation while leaving no one behind”
(News & Blog)
... woman, Muslim, Sudanese, young, and of the first generation to be living in United Kingdom, as well as how her multiple identities have shaped her everyday experiences. She shared her experiences of forming ...
Created on 29 March 2021
8. Is the United Kingdom backing out of its commitment to end female genital cutting amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
(News & Blog)
By Olivia Bridge In the midst of a global pandemic set to the backdrop of Brexit, ending violence against women and girls (VAWG) appears to have slipped down the United Kingdom (U.K.) Government’s priority ...
Created on 22 December 2020
9. Survivor Support Resources
(Resources)
... FGM European Network is a European umbrella organisation of sixteen organisations across 11 European member states, working to ensure sustainable European action to end female genital mutilation. UNITED ...
Created on 04 December 2020
10. Orchid Project releases report detailing the pandemic's impact on female genital cuttin
(News & Blog)
... based in the United Kingdom advocating for the end of FGC globally. Throughout the summer, various grassroots organizations and non-governmental organizations have hosted webinars elucidating the effects ...
Created on 20 October 2020
11. Upcoming webinar: Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After FGC
(News & Blog)
... working to end the practice of FGC, and all other forms of violence against women in the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone. Sarian underwent FGC as a child in Sierra Leone and she has spoken bravely and ...
Created on 04 September 2020
12. Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation
(News & Blog)
... to the BBC, it is reportedly happening in the United Kingdom among diaspora communities.  Comfort (Dondo) Dudzai participated in the Voices to End FGM/C workshop led by StoryCenter and Sahiyo, and funded ...
Created on 06 February 2020
13. Launching Global Voices to End FGM/C — An Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
(News & Blog)
... United Kingdom, India, Sweden, Singapore, and Bahrain. “As a survivor of FGC, it is empowering to be able to share my story in my own words, with my own choice of visuals, as opposed to my story being ...
Created on 29 July 2019
14. My decision as a mother to not cut my daughters
(News & Blog)
By Masuma Kothari Country of Residence: United Kingdom A vivid memory of my cut has lived through so many years that I can recall the entire act. This experience always intrigued me and it did lead ...
Created on 21 February 2019
15. Reflecting before we move forward: Overview of global FGC news from 2018
(News & Blog)
... the issue of FGC both in the U.S. and more broadly and it’s lasting effects remain to be seen. Around the same time, the United Kingdom government pledged £50m to help end FGC across Africa by 2030. ...
Created on 16 January 2019
16. Tracing the Origins of Female Genital Cutting: How It All started
(News & Blog)
... behind the spread of FGC in the West, L. Amede Obiora claims it was also reportedly performed on western women, especially in the United States, even in the 1950s as a cure to ‘unnatural female sexual ...
Created on 21 July 2018
17. I Said It Loudly: I am an FGM Survivor. Meeting FGM Survivors for the First Time Was My Cursed Blessing
(News & Blog)
...  By Anonymous Country: Egypt & United States Even now, despite my brain trying to convince me it was a good idea to attend a conference on FGM and Mental Health, I cannot emotionally explain what ...
Created on 03 April 2018
18. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... in Sri Lanka: It’s never ‘just a nick’ Sri Lankan Islamic Centre condemns ban on female circumcision as ‘affront’ Towards Understanding Female Genital Cutting in Sri Lanka FGC in the United Kingdom: ...
Created on 04 December 2017
19. To those who say that Sahiyo is not their voice...
(News & Blog)
By: Anonymous Country: United Kingdom The past few days have been an emotional rollercoaster for me.  I deeply believe in the values that Sahiyo espouses and wholeheartedly wish for the practice of ...
Created on 10 June 2017
20. We need a Bohra Revolution
(News & Blog)
By: M Bohra Age: 23 Country: United Kingdom The ongoing investigation into Dawoodi Bohra doctors engaging in khatna, or female genital cutting (FGC), and the community leadership’s ambivalence regarding ...
Created on 17 May 2017