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21. Texas woman charged for Female Genital Cutting: Sahiyo press statement
(News & Blog)
... federal law against FGM/C. The older federal law has been the subject of controversy since April 2017, when two Michigan doctors and six other members of the Dawoodi Bohra community became the first ...
Created on 14 January 2021
22. Sahiyo Resources
(Resources)
... study documenting the prevalence of khatna amongst Dawoodi Bohras women on a global level. Learn More Understanding Female Genital Cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra Community: An Exploratory ...
Created on 04 December 2020
23. Crying out our mothers’ grief: How we allowed female genital mutilation to flourish in our communities
(News & Blog)
... as it is known in the Dawoodi Bohra community. “It is when a female is circumcised.” “Circumcised? How? What?” “They (carefully separating us and them), believe that for a woman to be pure, she must ...
Created on 10 November 2020
24. Fiction, Truth, and Female Genital Cutting: A reflection of the fireside chat with Farzana Doctor
(News & Blog)
... female genital cutting (FGC) in order to move forward. The first of its kind, this novel takes an unflinching look into the reality of the fight to end FGC, or khatna, as it is known in the Dawoodi Bohra ...
Created on 28 October 2020
25. Is legal action against female genital cutting enough to end the practice?
(News & Blog)
... by a counter-petition filed by a pro-FGC group within the Dawoodi Bohra community. That group claimed that FGC is not harmful and should be considered a part of their constitutional right to religious ...
Created on 20 October 2020
26. Dear Maasi: Why you may want to speak to a trauma-informed therapist after khatna
(News & Blog)
... and sexuality! Find out more about her at www.farzanadoctor.com.   Order her newest novel, SEVEN, which addresses women’s relationships, sexuality, infidelity and khatna within the context of the Dawoodi ...
Created on 15 October 2020
27. How female genital cutting is portrayed in television series
(News & Blog)
... the launch of Farzana Doctor’s newest novel, Seven, about women’s relationships, marriage, infidelity, religion, tradition, and sensitively exposes the practice of khatna or FGC among the Dawoodi Bohra ...
Created on 13 October 2020
28. From Saving Safa to Seven: How authors use writing to shed light on FGC
(News & Blog)
... follows the story of Sharifa and the unrest that is gripping the Dawoodi-Bohra community as activists grow louder in their fight to end the practice of khatna or FGC. Doctor’s writing never shies away ...
Created on 08 October 2020
29. Sleeping researchers and lack of data on female genital cutting in Pakistan
(News & Blog)
... understanding on it. Upon further readings, it became clear that FGC was a secretive practice in Pakistan in the Dawoodi Bohra community.  A collective discernment of these realities pushed me to dig ...
Created on 17 September 2020
30. Dear Maasi: "Should I tell my new partner about my experience with khatna?
(News & Blog)
... Find out more about her at www.farzanadoctor.com.  Pre-order her newest novel, SEVEN, which addresses women’s relationships, sexuality, infidelity and khatna within the context of the Dawoodi Bohra community. ...
Created on 13 September 2020
31. SEVEN, the first novel of its kind to address female genital cutting in the Bohra community, releases this month
(News & Blog)
... and healing sexual trauma within the context of the Dawoodi Bohra (sub-sect of Shia Islam) community. This is the first novel of its kind to address female genital cutting in the Bohra community. Farzana ...
Created on 13 September 2020
32. To my surprise, my friend defended khatna
(News & Blog)
... 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
33. Rejection of khatna must be a step in the liberation of Bohra women
(News & Blog)
By Zarina Patel Khatna, or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) within the Dawoodi Bohra community, is not a distinct or unique ritual. It has a context and it is important that Bohra women (and ...
Created on 13 August 2020
34. Let’s Talk FGC: A fireside chat with Mariya Taher and Farzana Esmail
(News & Blog)
... I think what you’re bringing up is the opposite because of where you grew up knowing this is something that happens within South Asian communities and the Dawoodi Bohra community, which is the community ...
Created on 25 June 2020
35. Digital advocacy on female genital cutting in the time of COVID-19
(News & Blog)
... to cut their daughters, this delay could mean there is more time to debate, and hopefully they may change their minds.” Sahiyo works with Asian communities, with a special focus within the Dawoodi Bohra ...
Created on 18 June 2020
36. Voices Series: We remember stories we're told as childre
(News & Blog)
... mutilation (FGM). It is a practice prevalent in my community, the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community. FGM is a practice that has been handed down as a tradition to be followed without being questioned. When ...
Created on 29 April 2020
37. Sri Lanka’s first survey on FGM/C: Survivors need space to talk and access to medical care
(News & Blog)
... convictions should be.” – Jamila, Dawoodi Bohra survivor of FGC, Colombo  This fundamental right that every thinking individual commands is articulated by a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) ...
Created on 14 April 2020
38. The movement to end FGM/C: Looking back at the 2010s and looking forward in 2020
(News & Blog)
...  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
39. Understanding the Supreme Court’s latest judgement mentioning female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... including women’s entry into mosques and fire temples and female genital mutilation/cutting among Dawoodi Bohras. It stated that a larger bench first needs to rule on the interpretation of the very principles ...
Created on 17 November 2019
40. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
... in supporting Sahiyo? Sahiyo has wisely broadened their scope to include other cultures besides their original focus on the Dawoodi Bohra community. Universal attempts to control women’s sexuality is ...
Created on 17 November 2019