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21. My mother thought she was saving me with khafz
(News & Blog)
... closed doors. We knocked on one of those doors and a lady quietly let us in.   We sat down on the bare carpet and my mom greeted her with a salaam. The lady disappeared behind a curtained door. I know ...
Created on 20 June 2019
22. Volunteer Spotlight: Sakina Sharp
(News & Blog)
Sakina Sharp is a corporate attorney and co-founder of a domestic violence organization in San Antonio. Sakina is vice president and managing attorney at USAA, which is a financial services company. She ...
Created on 11 June 2019
23. My experience at the Sahiyo U.S. Activist Retreat made me reflect on my khatna
(News & Blog)
... to me. A sharp pain. Blood. Blade. That’s what I remember. I don’t remember how I got home. For the next few days, I remember the pain. I could not walk properly. I was sore. I walked with my legs ...
Created on 06 April 2019
24. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 5: The “C” Word… and I Don’t Mean Circumcision
(News & Blog)
... 18:3 (2017): 190-200. Wolf, Naomi. Vagina A new Biography. New York: Harper Collins, 2012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris The images included were researched from internet sources.   About ...
Created on 28 September 2018
25. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... Aarefa may be contacted at aarefa@sahiyo. Sakina Sharp has advocated against gender-based violence for over two decades. In 2011, she co-founded Awaaz, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization to help survivors ...
Created on 16 September 2018
26. We did a project on FGC in college and learned our Bohra Classmates had undergone it too
(News & Blog)
... this all about? I read the article, “….a sharp stone…I felt the sting…my flesh was being torn away…no anaesthetic….” I couldn’t imagine the pain! Had it not been the Reader’s Digest, I would not have ...
Created on 10 May 2018
27. FGC in Sri Lanka
(News & Blog)
... Reveal The Truth Behind FGM in Sri Lanka Butter knife or sharp blade? Either way, FGM survivors in Sri Lanka want it to stop Cultural practice of FGM MoH to issue circular Female circumcision in ...
Created on 04 December 2017
28. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... practice of female genital cut, activist tells CESCR 61 Butter knife or sharp blade? Either way, FGM survivors in Sri Lanka want it to stop Female circumcision in Sri Lanka is ‘just a nick’, not mutilation: ...
Created on 04 December 2017
29. ‘I feel dirty and violated’: A Bohra survivor of Female Genital Cutting shares her story
(News & Blog)
... came in with something sharp in one hand and a cloth in the other, and she knelt down beside my legs. She used something like a glass to make a small cut and then pinched something near my vagina. I vividly ...
Created on 08 November 2017
30. #NIMBY Reactions to Detroit
(News & Blog)
... world will continue to follow his lead and subject their young daughters to what he deems a part of our history and “religious obligation.” The alarm over this investigation contrasts sharply with the ...
Created on 16 April 2017
31. Memories of a cry: A Bohra woman’s poem on her Khatna
(News & Blog)
... the pani puri, the colourful shalwar kameez. We waited in the hall, wooden chairs. My cousin was first, after some time, don’t remember how much heard a scream, sharp sound of pain… my cousin’s cry. ...
Created on 29 March 2017
32. Khatna among Suleimanis, from the perspective of an 'outsider
(News & Blog)
... first became aware that girls were subjected to having their genitals cut – a practice called ‘khatna’ in our community – when my wife told me how she remembered the sharp pain, when an auntie in the community ...
Created on 11 March 2017
33. I was cut, but today I am proud to be standing up for myself
(News & Blog)
... brand new sharp Topaz blade from the wrapper. They caught my legs and hands so I couldn’t move. I was watching them innocently, not knowing what’s going on. In a few moments, I was screaming in pain. My ...
Created on 08 December 2016
34. I was stripped of many things the day I was cut
(News & Blog)
... knife on the stove. I was always told to stay away from sharp knives at that age. Knives were dangerous. I could hurt myself. I remember the open flame on the stove and seeing the silver of the metal and ...
Created on 04 December 2016
35. They told me they would call a 'bhoot' if I didn't stop screami
(News & Blog)
... sharp agonizing pain in my most intimate area. I screamed in terror. What did they do? The Aunty told me to keep quiet or she will call the “bhoot” (ghost) that stayed in her storage unit. I didn’t oblige ...
Created on 02 December 2016
36. I am grateful I was able to talk to a therapist about my khatna
(News & Blog)
... took maybe half a second was followed by a sharp-shooting pain that seemed to last in that moment, for eternity. I bled for three days and then it was over.  It wasn’t until I was nineteen, the end of ...
Created on 30 November 2016
37. Let’s Talk About “Sunat Perempuan”
(News & Blog)
...    Personally, I had been cut as a child. In fact, all the women in my family have been cut. The doctor used a sharp knife to nick my clitoral hood. And in all honesty, if I hadn’t asked my mother whether ...
Created on 27 October 2016
38. 'I am relieved more parents are saying no to female circumcision'
(News & Blog)
... to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) aka sunat perempuan. I was in a deep sleep and all of a sudden, I felt a sharp prick on my clitoris. I was shocked, clueless and traumatised. I didn’t know what ...
Created on 22 September 2016
39. The Un-Cut
(News & Blog)
... the ladies pulled out a sharp instrument and cut me down there. I screamed in agony, but was no match for those women. They held me down tight. It felt like I was going to pass out with the pain. The process ...
Created on 29 August 2016
40. They were going to take a worm from my body
(News & Blog)
... decided to leave the room and wait outside. They took off my underpants and I saw the lady remove a brand new sharp Topaz blade from the wrapper. They caught my legs and hands so I couldn’t move. I was ...
Created on 16 March 2016