About Us
Sahiyo conducted the first-ever international, online survey of Bohra women on the subject of Female Genital Cutting. Read the full report HERE Are you from the media? Read our special Media Resource Guide on effective and sensitive reporting on Female Genital Cutting HERE Read, sign and share this petition by Sahiyo and 30+ other international […]
The Good Mother
(The piece below is the film-maker’s exploration on filming/’framing’ the ‘Good Mother’ for a practice which she (the film-maker) felt was a violation but her protagonist thought it to be in the best interests of her daughter.) They said ‘to be a good mother you must take your daughter through the ritual’. They said it […]
About Us
Hello! Welcome to SAHIYO, a forum dedicated to empowering Dawoodi Bohra and other Asian communities to end Female Genital Cutting (FGC) and create positive social change. Variously known as khatna, sunnah, female circumcision and Female Genital Mutilation, FGC is regarded as a human rights violation by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Population Fund […]