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1. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
2. Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)
(News & Blog)
... lived experiences and perspectives Medical Expertise: Dr. Kate McKenzie, Director of the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, will provide insights into the medical and psychological impacts of FGM/C  ...
Created on 29 January 2025
3. Reflecting on an Israeli Minister’s decision to not grant asylum for a woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
By Rachel Wine On November 17th, outgoing Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked forwent the unanimous recommendation from a committee on refugee policy and rejected the asylum request of a young Sierra ...
Created on 11 January 2023
4. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... of the chemical attacks in Syria led me to a course on refugees and asylum seekers, created by Amnesty International, which changed my life. After successful completion of the course, I knew I had to go ...
Created on 10 December 2021
5. Upcoming Webinar: Addressing Female Genital Cutting in the Clinic
(News & Blog)
... of a multispecialty medical service for women and girls affected by FGM/C. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Ottenheimer spends a significant portion of her professional time assisting asylum-seeking ...
Created on 01 December 2020
6. How female genital cutting is portrayed in television series
(News & Blog)
... brought in Shani, an asylum seeker from Egypt. While in the detention center, she becomes intimate with an inmate, Niky. When their sex life begins to struggle, Shani opens up to Niky about the FGC she ...
Created on 13 October 2020
7. U.S. may deny asylum for females fleeing gender-based violence
(News & Blog)
... and she was there to seek asylum. She was placed in a maximum security prison for nearly two years. Her case for refuge was initially denied, and was appealed to the highest immigration court in the U.S. ...
Created on 06 July 2020
8. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... It will adversely affect the work done on raising awareness of FGM and prevention and protection of girls. The risk of a well-founded fear of persecution would be seriously undermined for asylum ...
Created on 05 March 2019
9. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 6: Effects of FGM/C on the Lower Urinary Tract System
(News & Blog)
... has founded the Northwestern ERASE Clinic for survivors of human trafficking and is an asylum evaluator for Physicians for Human Rights. She is currently a co-chair of the American Women’s Medical Association ...
Created on 26 October 2018
10. Sharing My Story of Female Genital Cutting with Other Survivors Comforted Me
(News & Blog)
... I chose to work with women fleeing gender-based harms. One of my first cases involved a woman seeking asylum because she was vehemently opposed to genital cutting and feared that she would be unable to protect ...
Created on 11 September 2018
11. Before sharing your khatna story, consider your country's own legislation against FG
(News & Blog)
... listed by Country where it is known to be an indigenous practice or by populations of refugees/immigrants  – See more at http://www.refugeelegalaidinformation.org/female-genital-mutilation-grounds-seeking-asylum#countrylist ...
Created on 17 March 2016
12. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... to linking FGM to interstate commerce.    3) Despite part of the 1996 federal FGM/C law being struck down in 2018, the Department of Justice still uses part of this 1996 FGM/C law for asylum cases, ...
Created on 11 January 2016
13. Side-Event at the 56th session of the Human Rights Council Effective Strategies to Address Cross-Border and Transnational Female Genital Mutilation (03 July 2024)
(Events / Panel Discussion)
... abuses and inequalities and lead to population movements, including migration, forced displacement and asylum seeking, which have implications for cases of cross-border and transnational female genital ...
Created on 25 June 2024
14. Reflecting on an Israeli Minister’s decision to not grant asylum for a woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
By Rachel Wine On November 17th, outgoing Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked forwent the unanimous recommendation from a committee on refugee policy and rejected the asylum request of a young Sierra ...
Created on 11 January 2023
15. U.S. may deny asylum for females fleeing gender-based violence
(News & Blog)
... and she was there to seek asylum. She was placed in a maximum security prison for nearly two years. Her case for refuge was initially denied, and was appealed to the highest immigration court in the U.S. ...
Created on 06 July 2020
16. Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)
(News & Blog)
... lived experiences and perspectives Medical Expertise: Dr. Kate McKenzie, Director of the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, will provide insights into the medical and psychological impacts of FGM/C  ...
Created on 29 January 2025
17. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... of the chemical attacks in Syria led me to a course on refugees and asylum seekers, created by Amnesty International, which changed my life. After successful completion of the course, I knew I had to go ...
Created on 10 December 2021
18. Upcoming Webinar: Addressing Female Genital Cutting in the Clinic
(News & Blog)
... of a multispecialty medical service for women and girls affected by FGM/C. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Ottenheimer spends a significant portion of her professional time assisting asylum-seeking ...
Created on 01 December 2020
19. How female genital cutting is portrayed in television series
(News & Blog)
... brought in Shani, an asylum seeker from Egypt. While in the detention center, she becomes intimate with an inmate, Niky. When their sex life begins to struggle, Shani opens up to Niky about the FGC she ...
Created on 13 October 2020
20. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... It will adversely affect the work done on raising awareness of FGM and prevention and protection of girls. The risk of a well-founded fear of persecution would be seriously undermined for asylum ...
Created on 05 March 2019