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101. End FGM - Save our daughters
(News & Blog)
... my society are talking about it even a little bit. It's also called 'Khafz' in Islamic terms, and it's a ritual in the Dawoodi Bohra community. Khatna usually takes place at the age of seven with girls. ...
Created on 30 September 2021
102. Four women who were pivotal to the movement to end female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Megan Maxwell The movement to end female genital cutting (FGC) has been in effect starting as far back as the latter half of the 19th century through the voices, writing, and research of women who ...
Created on 25 March 2021
103. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... of “female genital cutting”: Sahiyo report Sahiyo is India’s first collective against type of FGM called Khatna in the Dawoodi Bohra comunity. 2016  Fighting Female Genital Mutilation among ...
Created on 02 March 2021
104. Dawoodi Bohra
(Tags)
Dawoodi Bohra
Created on 09 February 2021
105. The Good Mother
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
... strong community of Dawoodi Bohras are known to practice Type 1 of female genital cutting known as Khatna or Sunnat. A practice, they believe which serves as a rite of passage for girls born into this ...
Created on 19 December 2015
106. The Legal Side of Khatna or Female Genital Cutting
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
... of women coming forward with their own stories of trauma caused by khatna. It further fueled both online petitions as well as an onground movement. Within the Indian context of the Dawoodi Bohra community, ...
Created on 04 December 2018
107. The movement to end FGM/C: Looking back at the 2010s and looking forward in 2020
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
...  As we look forward to the 2020s, we cannot help but look back at the 2010s for inspiration. The last decade has been game-changing, not just for Sahiyo or the movement against FGC among the Dawoodi Bohras, ...
Created on 11 January 2020
108. The Practice of Khatna or Female Genital Mutilation amongst the Dawoodi (Daudi) Bohra Shia Muslim Community – Part 1
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
... the focus and global attention due to the fact ‘khatna‘ or FGM/C is pervasive and secretly practised amongst the members of the Dawoodi Bohra Shia Muslim community (emphasis mine).  The cultural practice ...
Created on 19 January 2016
109. The Un-Cut
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
(Originally published on Café Dissensus website on May 5, 2016. Republished here with permission from author).   (Trigger Warning: Below is the account of one woman’s experience of her sister undergoing ...
Created on 29 August 2016
110. The unsolved riddle: conversations with survivors (Part 2)
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
By Hina Javed (This is the second part in a series of essays by Hina Javed on her experience of reporting on FGC in Pakistan. Read the whole series here: Pakistan Journal.) That night, after witnessing ...
Created on 06 January 2018
111. They would call the "bhoot" if I didn't stop screami
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
(Trigger Warning: Below is the account of one woman’s experience with FGC. We thank her for being brave and sharing her story with us.)   By Fatema Kabira Age: 19 Country: India Seven years old. ...
Created on 26 February 2016
112. To cut or not to cut? 10 Bohra stories to set off a debate on khatna
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
By Chandni Shiyal, PhD Student, Mumbai University I first found out that female genital cutting is practiced among Dawoodi Bohras in India during my M.Phil research on FGM in Africa. I was shocked when ...
Created on 19 February 2016
113. To each his own! A perspective on Female Genital Cutting by a Kuwaiti Bohra
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
By Anonymous Age: 29 Country: Kuwait I was 7 years old when Khatna happened during my summer vacation to India. I am sure my mother must have looked for other avenues to have khatna done on me in Kuwait ...
Created on 02 February 2018
114. To my surprise, my friend defended khatna
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
... up watching a documentary, The Cut: Exploring FGM by an Al Jazeera correspondent. I read various articles where I learned FGM/C was practiced widely among the Dawoodi Bohra community in India, and this ...
Created on 20 August 2020
115. To those who say that Sahiyo is not their voice...
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
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
116. Today, I Call Myself A SURVIVOR Of FGM
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
By Zarine Hashim Age: 36 Country: Melbourne, Australia The memory of the fateful day is very clear in my mind. It was a Saturday, and like every Saturday, mom, my older sis and I were headed to our ...
Created on 03 March 2016
117. We must find culturally sensitive methods to end FGC and protect girls from further trauma
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
... once again they are being forced to relive their trauma of undergoing Khatna. Recently, Female Genital Cutting or Khatna prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra community came onto the federal radar in the US ...
Created on 08 May 2017
118. We need a Bohra Revolution
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
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
119. What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
Created on 16 October 2016
120. What do Australian Bohras feel about Khatna today?
(Article tagged with: Dawoodi Bohra)
By: Anonymous Age: 32 Country: Australia Khatna is not a topic discussed very often amongst Bohras. Maybe because there is no reason to ever bring it up. However, since the case in Sydney, Australia, ...
Created on 11 April 2017