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41. 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
42. Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation
(News & Blog)
... Zambia and Zimbabwe. According 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 ...
Created on 06 February 2020
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. Detroit FGM/C case: Why two more arrests have left me feeling bittersweet
(News & Blog)
By: Anonymous Country: United Kingdom Age: 32 Today is a bittersweet day. The news of two more arrests linked to the first FGM case in the US has left me torn between elation and sadness; while ...
Created on 22 April 2017
52. Sahiyo participates in the End Violence Against Girls Summit on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
...  For the first time ever, the United Nations has prioritized the elimination of FGC under the goal of achieving gender equality as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)—a 15-year plan to help ...
Created on 14 December 2016
53. I was stripped of many things the day I was cut
(News & Blog)
(First published on January 23, 2016)  by Mariya Ali Age: 32 Country: United Kingdom I have very few memories of my childhood, but one memory in particular stands out and haunts me to this day. ...
Created on 04 December 2016
54. Boston Jammaat Sends Letter Against Khatna/FGC to Members
(News & Blog)
... subjecting them to khatna if your sisters in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are specifically told not to?   The answer should be no. We are all part of the same Bohra community. Let’s ...
Created on 06 June 2016
55. Sahiyo infringing copyright privilege of Anjuman-e-Burhani Trust of Sydney or an instance of online harassment and limiting blogging rights- A case of Sahiyo VS the Trust
(News & Blog)
  Just in case you are wondering how the page on the resolutions banning FGC (Khatna) in Australia, United Kingdom and United States vanished from our website – read on Since 2015, Sahiyo ...
Created on 09 May 2016
56. New U.S. CDC Study Still Under Reports FGC in this Country
(News & Blog)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released an updated report on the estimate of women and girls at risk or those who have undergone FGC living in the United States. To read the ...
Created on 06 March 2016
57. Mariya Ali – London Bohra Resident – “Last Generation to Lose a Pinch of Our Skin”
(News & Blog)
By Mariya Ali I was born and raised in London, England and have been a lifelong member of the London Jamaat. Although FGM has been illegal in the United Kingdom since 1985, myself and many other girls ...
Created on 17 February 2016
58. After Australia, Bohras in London asked to stop practicing female circumcision
(News & Blog)
... Bohra residents of London have been instructed to stop the practice of khatna, or female circumcision, as it is illegal in the United Kingdom. Just last week, a similar notice was issued by community authorities ...
Created on 16 February 2016
59. Now, a petition against khatna by UK Bohra woman
(News & Blog)
Voices against the practice of female genital cutting in the Bohra community seem to be getting louder and more numerous. The latest to speak out is an anonymous Bohra woman from the United Kingdom who ...
Created on 12 February 2016
60. It was a part of me…part of my womanhood…
(News & Blog)
(Trigger Warning: The story below is a powerfully, vivid account of one woman’s memory of FGC. We are grateful to her for sharing with us the details of her experience)  By Mariya Ali  Country: United ...
Created on 23 January 2016