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61. Stop female circumcision, Dawoodi Bohra authorities tell community members in Australia
(News & Blog)
(Article originally posted in Scroll.in on Feb 11, 2016)  By Aarefa Johari Three months after a group of Dawoodi Bohras was held guilty for female genital mutilation in a landmark verdict by an Australian ...
Created on 16 February 2016
62. The Practice of Khatna or Female Genital Mutilation amongst the Dawoodi (Daudi) Bohra Shia Muslim Community – Part 1
(News & Blog)
... 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
63. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
... of having been cut as a member of the Dawoodi Bohra sect in Pakistan. “Being part of the Bohra community is feeling like a part of something,” Khozema said. “Though we are scattered around the world, ...
Created on 15 January 2021
64. 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
65. 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
66. 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
67. On The Supreme Court Hearings and The Pro-Khatna FAQs Circulated by Bohras
(News & Blog)
... this is always “religious freedom”, as is evident in the name of the group at the forefront of defending khatna: the Dawoodi Bohra Women for Religious Freedom. What religious freedom? You’re allowed ...
Created on 23 August 2018
68. Why the new survey on Khafz (Female Genital Cutting) among Bohras is biased and unscientific
(News & Blog)
By Mariya Taher, MSW, MFA Last week, many Dawoodi Bohras around the world received the link to an online “research” survey with questions about Khatna/Khafz practiced in the community. Khafz refers to ...
Created on 14 May 2018
69. Building the data on Female Genital Cutting in the Bohra Community
(News & Blog)
... In fact, Sahiyo’s survey found that those who were most likely to continue ‘khatna’ were also more likely to still identify as Dawoodi Bohra in their adult life. Anantnarayan et. al also determined that ...
Created on 19 February 2018
70. Shifting terrains: Lessons learnt from the first U.S. Activists Retreat for Bohras against Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... what my organization Sahiyo called a “U.S. Dawoodi Bohra Anti-Female Genital Cutting Activists Retreat.” The women who came together, like me, had all been born into the Dawoodi Bohra Religion and Culture. ...
Created on 08 February 2018
71. Sahiyo hosts its second Thaal Pe Charcha event for Bohra women
(News & Blog)
On July 1, Sahiyo conducted its second ‘Thaal Pe Charcha’ event which was attended by 20 women from the Dawoodi Bohra community. Thaal Pe Charcha (TPC), which loosely translates as “having discussions ...
Created on 16 August 2017
72. We need a Bohra Revolution
(News & Blog)
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
73. A letter to Syedna, by a Bohra woman
(News & Blog)
... married, move to another country. We parted with our money in Dawoodi Bohra taxes to benefit you and our community. We put photos of you up on our walls. We traveled to Texas, Nairobi, Mumbai to hear your ...
Created on 12 May 2017
74. Thaal Pe Charcha: A Sahiyo flagship event where Bohra women bonded over food
(News & Blog)
... of living as young girls and women in the tightly knit Dawoodi Bohra community.   Invitations were sent out through word of mouth, and 16 women in their 20s and 30s signed up for the unique event. ...
Created on 30 April 2017
75. A conversation on Khatna with Suleimani Bohras
(News & Blog)
... Ismā’īli branch of Shia Islam. They belong to Tayyibi Ismā’īlis, which bifurcated into various Bohra sects including the major group Dawoodi Bohra.  Akin to Dawoodi Bohras, the twin communities follow ...
Created on 10 March 2017
76. 81% want Khatna to end: results of Sahiyo’s online survey of Bohra women
(News & Blog)
... as practiced by Dawoodi Bohras. The report of the study, titled ‘Understanding Female Genital Cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra Community: An Exploratory Survey’, was officially released at a press conference ...
Created on 06 February 2017
77. A letter on khatna by a young Bohra man
(News & Blog)
... to be a part of a family whose women are spearheading the fight against FGM. I am from an Islamic Dawoodi Bohra family that comprises mainly of women. I have six beautiful sisters. They have all undergone ...
Created on 05 December 2016
78. Why this Bohra father is guilty about his daughter's Khatn
(News & Blog)
... are fighting against FGM. This post is my small contribution in support of their effort for a common good. ~ Written by Yusuf, a guilt-ridden and remorseful father belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community.   ...
Created on 26 November 2016
79. What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... in general and the Dawoodi Bohra community in particular. In hospitals or in homes? The 29 countries studied in the Population Council report are all from Africa, except for Yemen and Iraq. But the report ...
Created on 16 October 2016
80. A brief report on Sahiyo's media workshop on khatna among Bohra
(News & Blog)
... (IAWRT), and its objective was to train journalists on how to sensitively and effectively report on the practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community. In the ...
Created on 10 September 2016