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81. The Role of Men in Ending FGM in the Bohra Community
(News & Blog)
... fellow member of the Dawoodi Bohra community, who in this moment realized I must not have known.   After she spoke to me about it, I remained in disbelief. I was sure she must be wrong. I reached out to ...
Created on 07 June 2016
82. Cafe Dissensus runs a special issue on female circumcision in the Bohra community
(News & Blog)
Cafe Dissensus, an alternative magazine about dissenting art, culture, literature and politics, has run a special May issue focusing solely on female genital cutting or khatna in the Dawoodi Bohra community. ...
Created on 25 May 2016
83. Bohra men must speak up to save their daughters from female circumcision
(News & Blog)
Name: Yusuf Country: India  The fatwa given during the Zikra majlis by Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin in favor of female genital cutting dug up the wound that exists in my heart which makes me write this ...
Created on 05 May 2016
84. To cut or not to cut? 10 Bohra stories to set off a debate on khatna
(News & Blog)
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
85. After Australia, Bohras in London asked to stop practicing female circumcision
(News & Blog)
... · 01:00 pm PHOTO CREDIT: REUTERS/DANISH SIDDIQUI 4K Total Views In another victory for Dawoodi Bohras campaigning for an end to the ancient practice of female genital cutting, all ...
Created on 16 February 2016
86. Now, a petition against khatna by UK Bohra woman
(News & Blog)
Voices against the practice of female genital cutting in the Bohra community seem to be getting louder and more numerous. The latest to speak out is an anonymous Bohra woman from the United Kingdom who ...
Created on 12 February 2016
87. In Australia, three Bohras found guilty for circumcising daughters
(News & Blog)
This November, for the first time in the history of the Dawoodi Bohra community, three of its members in Australia were held guilty for carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on two minor girls. ...
Created on 08 January 2016
88. Reflecting on “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change” at CSW 69
(News & Blog)
... setting. This moment reminded us how powerful and vulnerable storytelling can be—even long after the initial release of the stories. As members of the Dawoodi Bohra community, both Zehra and Leena spoke ...
Created on 21 March 2025
89. Interview with Zehra Patwa of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... U.S.’s Advisory Board Chair and co-founder of WeSpeakOut.  When she was in her 40s, Patwa discovered that FGM/C was taking place in the Dawoodi Bohra community she belongs to. “I was shown an interview ...
Created on 20 October 2024
90. The practice of khatna on girls must stop / છોકરીઓ પર ખત્નાની પ્રથા બંધ થવી જોઈએ
(News & Blog)
... the Dawoodi Bohra, a Shia sub-sect that generally looks modern and reformist on the surface. When a girl is young, the Bohras cut her clitoris. They believe this to be a religious rite, and even today, ...
Created on 20 June 2024
91. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Kaneez Madraswall
(News & Blog)
... represents a commitment to ending a harmful practice, supporting survivors, empowering women and girls, and advocating for positive change in communities affected by FGC – especially the Dawoodi Bohra ...
Created on 02 March 2024
92. Bearing Tradition: Navigating the Pressure of Khatna
(News & Blog)
By Faizneen Bharmal Growing up in a progressive and well-educated Dawoodi Bohra family, the topic of Khatna, commonly known as female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) around the world, was always shrouded ...
Created on 11 January 2024
93. Session on FGM at the workshop Nayi Dishayein- Rethinking Development
(News & Blog)
... fact that male members of my community are either unaware of FGM/C, or choose to stay away from the cutting of their loved ones, to be deeply unsettling. My community is the Dawoodi Bohra community, where ...
Created on 06 February 2023
94. Volunteer spotlight: Umme Kulsoom Arif
(News & Blog)
... Law in University Park. Despite having been born and raised as a part of the Dawoodi Bohra community, they did not become familiar with FGC until they were nineteen, when they learned that they had a much ...
Created on 16 December 2022
95. Reflecting on ‘Moving Connecticut Ahead: Protecting Girls from FGM/C’, a webinar
(News & Blog)
... and girls. FGC reflects and perpetuates a broader trend of gender inequality.  Zehra Patwa, a survivor of FGC and member of the Dawoodi Bohra community, spoke to the social norm piece of FGC through ...
Created on 09 November 2022
96. Sahiyo Discusses book club holds next event in September
(News & Blog)
... volunteers with WeSpeakOut, a global group that is working to ban female genital cutting (FGC) in her Dawoodi Bohra community, and is a co-founder of the End FGM Canada Network. Farzana is also behind ...
Created on 04 August 2022
97. Activists Retreat Reflection: Umme's experienc
(News & Blog)
... perceived by others to be a woman, as opposed to actually feeling like one myself? What did gender and sexuality even mean in the context of being a survivor, an activist, a Dawoodi Bohra, both in the ...
Created on 29 July 2022
98. Research
(Programs)
... Original Research Understanding Female Genital Cutting in the Dawoodi Bohra Community: An Exploratory Survey First-ever global study on FGC in the Dawoodi Bohra community  ...
Created on 29 June 2022
99. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: My experience with different Bhaiyos 
(News & Blog)
... of modern education that the Dawoodi Bohra community strives for. I would urge others to speak with men about FGM/C, and open up conversations to share experiences, facts, and outcome of research studies ...
Created on 22 March 2022
100. Sahiyo partners with FAWCO to lead an educational webinar on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... ‘khatna’ and the Dawoodi Bohras, a community that partakes in the  harmful practice of FGM/C. Through her own journey of speaking out as a survivor, she recognised the need for an organised forum within ...
Created on 01 November 2021