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41. Calling survivors of female genital cutting and health providers for a unique storytelling opportunity
(News & Blog)
... of FGM/C through dialogue, education and collaboration. Sahiyo conducted the first-ever international online survey of Dawoodi Bohra women on the subject of FGM/C. Read the full report here. About StoryCenter:  ...
Created on 22 August 2019
42. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... Board. 1) Can you tell us a bit about your background? I was born and brought up in the UK and moved to the US in the 1990s. I was born into the Dawoodi Bohra community and remain there with my ...
Created on 08 April 2019
43. Female Genital Mutilation: A Human Rights Issue?
(News & Blog)
... Rights, can only apply to people from “Western” cultures, and different standards should be used to judge the practices of people from “non-Western” cultures like Dawoodi Bohra Muslims. Unfortunately, ...
Created on 20 March 2019
44. Wrestling with trust and fear in regard to female genital mutilation
(News & Blog)
... Sadly.  The pain was too much to bear as 30 years ago, female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Dawoodi Bohra community was generally more practiced under callous and less “sterile” ways. (Yet, even today, ...
Created on 12 March 2019
45. Why female genital cutting still continues: Exploring the reasons behind its sustenance
(News & Blog)
... known as Da’i, hold an authoritative, infallible status in the community. Da’i or Syedna (as referred to by the Dawoodi Bohras) is considered to be the sovereign leader, spiritual guardian and temporal ...
Created on 05 February 2019
46. Reflecting before we move forward: Overview of global FGC news from 2018
(News & Blog)
... the country, as hopefully, it can set a precedent for future cases. August brought the overturning of an Australian case from 2015, in which a Dawoodi Bohra mother and a former nurse were found guilty ...
Created on 16 January 2019
47. A response to the letter written by Tasneem Yunus Burhani, Mubaraka Tambawala, Farida Mustafa Hussain, Fatemah Hussain, and Shakera Bohra published in Detroit News
(News & Blog)
By Umme Kulsoom Arif In response to your letter published in The Detroit News, “Dawoodi Bohra Women of Detroit speak up,” I write to you as a woman who grew up in a part of the Dawoodi Bohra community, ...
Created on 01 January 2019
48. Female Genital Cutting Diaries: My first encounter with the tradition of female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... case for why many Shia Muslim Dawoodi Bohra mothers and fathers perpetuate the practice 5,000 miles away in India and among diaspora communities such as the one in Detroit, Michigan. I am struck by ...
Created on 18 December 2018
49. Female Genital Cutting is an International Issue
(News & Blog)
... to do volunteer work with Sahiyo. They work specifically with the Dawoodi Bohra community, whose members mainly reside in India, Pakistan, Yemen and East Africa. FGC is also prevalent in countries such ...
Created on 06 December 2018
50. Five things you need to know about the controversial court ruling on FGM/C in USA: Sahiyo explains
(News & Blog)
... Nagarwala, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar and his wife Farida Attar — all members of Michigan’s Farmington Hills Dawoodi Bohra mosque — for subjecting two minor girls from Minnesota to FGC. Subsequently, five other ...
Created on 04 December 2018
51. The Legal Side of Khatna or Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... 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
52. Examining Female Genital Cutting and Intersectionality
(News & Blog)
By a Bohra The recent dropping of charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who is accused of performing female genital cutting on underage girls in the United States, on a constitutional technicality rather ...
Created on 27 November 2018
53. Meet Farzana Doctor, author of SEVEN (09 November 2023 19:00)
(Events / Sahiyo Book Club )
Date: November 9, 2023 Tme: 7:00 PM EST Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3PvYKoe  Join Sahiyo for a virtual discussion with Farzana Doctor, award-winning author of the novel Seven, which was ...
Created on 22 September 2023
54. Is the Dawoodi Bohra community truly as progressive as it claims to be?
(News & Blog)
... into the late hours of the night. Then suddenly in the early 90s it all changed. The upper echelons of the Bohra clergy instated new rules. The progressive Dawoodi Bohras were no more; instead, women ...
Created on 30 October 2018
55. Here I am, sharing my story: Watch a Dawoodi Bohra woman narrate her Khatna experience
(News & Blog)
In October 2017, at Sahiyo’s third Thaal Pe Charcha event, a young Indian Bohra woman, Saleha Paatwala, shared her experience of being subjected to “khafz” — also known as khatna or Female Genital Cutting ...
Created on 06 February 2018
56. Why do Dawoodi Bohras practice Khatna, or Female Genital Cutting?
(News & Blog)
by Aarefa Johari  What is the real purpose behind Khatna for girls? The Dawoodi Bohra community has been practicing this hidden ritual of female circumcision, also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC), ...
Created on 19 May 2017
57. FGM and the myth of modernity among Dawoodi Bohras
(News & Blog)
By: Anonymous  Age: 33 Country of birth: India Country of current residence: USA  I am a male born into a Dawoodi Bohra family. My brother and I had remarkably normal upbringings in the United States. ...
Created on 11 May 2017
58. FGC in Dawoodi Bohra Community
(News & Blog)
... Fear Girls Could Be Put At Risk Of FGM/C By Bohra Religious Leader’s UK Visit 2021 Demystifying the practice of khafd in the Dawoodi Bohra community: A commentary on the WeSpeakOut report from ...
Created on 09 June 2016
59. 'Everyone’s business': Representing Dawoodi Bohras at the No FGM Australia panel discussion in Sydne
(News & Blog)
... subject of khatna (female circumcision) in the Dawoodi Bohra community. FGM is illegal in many countries around the world, including Australia. In November 2015, in one of the first convictions under ...
Created on 08 May 2016
60. Dawoodi Bohra Resolutions Against Khafd/Khatna (FGC)
(Uncategorised)
We want to commend the religious leaders of these Dawoodi Bohra Jammats for taking a public stance against Khafd/Khatna/FGC. By publicly stating that their Jammats (congregations) do not support it, an ...
Created on 14 March 2016