In Australia, three Bohras found guilty for circumcising daughters
This November, for the first time in the history of the Dawoodi Bohra community, three of its members in Australia were held guilty for carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on two minor girls. FGM has been a criminal offence in Australia since 1997, with a maximum punishment of seven years in prison. Australia were […]
A Little Piece of Skin
Nationality: USA Ethnicity: Indian (Gujarati) Author: Anonymous 30-year-old I was not more than seven years old when I recall going into a medical complex on a quiet Sunday afternoon accompanied by my mother and our family friend. My mother told me it was time for my “khatna” or circumcision. She explained it as a rite […]
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 […]