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41. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... hadiths have been thrown out as “interpolation” or fabrication.   Many fatwas have been issued by religious leaders against FGC in countries such as Egypt, Mauritania and Senegal. In Islam the Prophet’s ...
Created on 11 January 2016
42. More News on FGC
(Uncategorised)
... groups discuss FGM FGC in Egypt: Egypt: The Law and FGM FGC and Islam: Islam and female circumcision   Muslim doctors against female circumcision ...
Created on 06 January 2016
43. Remembering Egyptian feminist’s heroic fight against female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Madrisha Debnath Despite the fact that the mother of Egyptian Feminist Movement Nawal El Saadawi died at age 89 earlier this year, her fight against patriarchy lives on. Born in 1931, she was an Egyptian ...
Created on 08 August 2021
44. Khatna and the law, Part 1: Legislative Framework on Female Genital Cutting in Egypt
(News & Blog)
... the situation in Egypt where a law prohibiting FGC has been in place since 2008, but only two cases regarding FGC related deaths have been reported in the years following. According to 28 Too Many the ...
Created on 13 July 2018
45. A 17-year-old girl passes away due to circumcision in Egypt
(News & Blog)
... Egypt.   The practice of female circumcision or any form of female genital cutting (FGC) has been banned in Egypt since 2007 and this procedure was carried out illegally on Mayar in a private hospital. ...
Created on 01 June 2016
46. Reflections on the Sahiyo Activist Retreat: A Transformative Experience
(News & Blog)
... began in Egypt, where I worked alongside pioneering activists like Nawal El Saadawi, who fearlessly challenged the cultural and systemic roots of FGC. Being part of that movement shaped my understanding ...
Created on 12 December 2024
47. FGM/C Sexual Education & Prevention: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
By Kiah Leone In celebration of World Sexual Health Day, I sat down with Dr. Awwad, the co-founder of Egypt’s first-ever multidisciplinary female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) clinic, Restore, to ...
Created on 13 November 2023
48. Psychosexual Care for FGM/C Survivors: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
...  When Restore opened in June 2020, it became Egypt’s first-ever multidisciplinary female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) clinic. Co-founded by aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Reham Awwad and ...
Created on 04 September 2023
49. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Dr. Akil Taherbhai
(News & Blog)
... to ending this practice of FGM/C. I want this cause to be helped, whether it is Nigeria or Egypt or the U.S., or wherever. That is my first aim. And then, if I am needed for other things, such as the Bhaiyo ...
Created on 02 March 2023
50. Reflecting on an Israeli Minister’s decision to not grant asylum for a woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
By Rachel Wine On November 17th, outgoing Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked forwent the unanimous recommendation from a committee on refugee policy and rejected the asylum request of a young Sierra ...
Created on 11 January 2023
51. Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Development intern Avery Boudreau
(News & Blog)
... genital cutting (FGC) for the first time? In school I know I must have heard about FGC briefly, but I didn’t think much of it. It wasn’t until last year, when I studied abroad for a semester in Egypt, ...
Created on 13 June 2022
52. Understanding female genital mutilation/cutting: An ally’s call for action
(News & Blog)
... traced back to Egypt. I learned about the four types and how there is no scientific evidence to help women medically in any way.  Being a student of law, I have the opportunity to speak up and back my ...
Created on 08 September 2021
53. Voices reflection: Speaking freely about my experience
(News & Blog)
... in the region in Egypt. I was cut at the age of 10. I have always been very concerned about women’s rights and gender equality. This passion and concern were what inspired me to produce documentary work ...
Created on 25 August 2021
54. Voices reflection: Speaking freely about my experience
(News & Blog)
... in the region in Egypt. I was cut at the age of 10. I have always been very concerned about women’s rights and gender equality. This passion and concern were what inspired me to produce documentary work ...
Created on 25 August 2021
55. Four women who were pivotal to the movement to end female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... have worked for the rights of women and girls. FGC is present in 92 countries. In honor of Women’s History Month, Sahiyo is honoring four women from Egypt, India, Senegal, and Austria who changed the world ...
Created on 25 March 2021
56. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
... The Dawoodi Bohra population comprises up to one million people in countries such as India, Pakistan, Yemen, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania and South Africa. Diaspora communities also live in Europe, Australia ...
Created on 15 January 2021
57. How female genital cutting is portrayed in television series
(News & Blog)
... brought in Shani, an asylum seeker from Egypt. While in the detention center, she becomes intimate with an inmate, Niky. When their sex life begins to struggle, Shani opens up to Niky about the FGC she ...
Created on 13 October 2020
58. Population Council hosts webinar to discuss ending female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... Population Council, Egypt; Dennis Matanda, Population Council, Kenya; P. Stanley Yoder, medical anthropologist; and Nafissatou J. Diop, UNFPA. Dr. Matanda spoke on the use of data to inform programming. ...
Created on 25 August 2020
59. Population Council hosts second webinar on FGM/C research
(News & Blog)
... of Washington Seattle (Moderator); Nada Wahba, Population Council, Egypt; Dennis Matanda, Population Council, Kenya; P. Stanley Yoder, Medical Anthropologist; and Nafissatou J. Diop, UNFPA. Dr. Matanda ...
Created on 02 July 2020
60. On the path to healing: My journey after experiencing female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... specific to me. At a young age, I underwent Type II female genital cutting, known specifically as “taharah” (purification) within the Egyptian community, in which only part of the clitoral hood was removed ...
Created on 31 December 2019