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1. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
2. Reflecting on “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change” at CSW 69
(News & Blog)
... her own community in Singapore and the broader diaspora. She expressed hope that her story might resonate with communities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei, where similar experiences are generally underrepresented, ...
Created on 21 March 2025
3. Reframing FGM/C Through an Intersectional Lens at CSW69
(News & Blog)
... Saza shared insights from her advocacy in Singapore, highlighting how FGM/C continues to affect the Malaysian Muslim population in Singapore. She emphasized that, in her opinion in the Singaporean context, ...
Created on 18 March 2025
4. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... Thailand, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and Singapore. They were activists advocating on behalf of the rights of the disabled,  labor rights, ...
Created on 06 February 2025
5. Upcoming Equality Now media training
(News & Blog)
On December 13th from 12-2:30 PM (Malaysia time), Sahiyo India is participating in a media training workshop with Equality Now and Kalyanamitra. The workshop’s aim is to sensitize journalists and media ...
Created on 08 December 2023
6. A love letter to my mother who cut me
(News & Blog)
By Afiqa Years ago, I learned of Malay classical and modern manuscripts on sex and erotic imageries by Malay women writers at a talk. Most were written under pseudonyms or not given credit if not a man. ...
Created on 31 May 2022
7. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
...      Afiqa (she/they) is a Malay Muslim gender-nonconforming survivor of FGC in Singapore. They volunteer with End FGC Singapore, a community-led campaign aiming to empower Muslim communities in Singapore ...
Created on 25 May 2022
8. Mutilation or enhancement: A researcher’s argument for respectful terminology on genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... of the clitoral hood, which does not remove tissue. In many communities, for example in Malaysia, it’s often done by a doctor with sterile equipment and pain control, through to excision of the external ...
Created on 14 September 2021
9. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Nevin
(News & Blog)
... you want to be when you grew up? I had a new ambition per year till higher secondary; decided to be in development sector in 12th standard. What is your favorite  food? Every Malayali’s favourite fish ...
Created on 10 December 2020
10. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Fatema
(News & Blog)
... I have traveled is Himalayas and Kashmir, and one place that I would love to stay at is Mecca, Saudi Arabia What are some of your passions? I am passionate about psychology and combining it with spirituality.  ...
Created on 28 November 2020
11. Asia Network to End FGM/C calls for your participation
(News & Blog)
Malaysian NGO Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and British charity Orchid Project are jointly developing a new Asia Network to End FGM/C, to strengthen movements to end the ...
Created on 09 December 2019
12. The complexities of female genital cutting in Singapore: Part IV
(News & Blog)
... the Malay community. Currently, the debates on FGC happen amongst specific circles of young Malays who are highly educated. It is important to engage with the older generation and those who may not have ...
Created on 18 July 2019
13. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part III
(News & Blog)
... here. Reasons for FGC: Tradition Many of my interlocutors allude to adat or Malay tradition when asked for reasons they practice FGC. They view it as a normalised and long-established cultural tradition, ...
Created on 02 July 2019
14. Here’s what a new study says about female genital cutting in Malaysia
(News & Blog)
By Zahra Qaiyumi Female genital cutting (FGC) is prevalent among Muslim women in rural Malaysia, and many of them believe the practice is a religious obligation. Ironically, several religious leaders ...
Created on 30 May 2019
15. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... entered the room, and it was full of relatives in brightly colored shirts, jubah (long Malay dress), jeans and scarves. Of course, the star of the evening, my 2 year-old cousin, Anisah, donned a red and ...
Created on 19 March 2019
16. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... with the practice. Consequently, in recent years, the medicalisation of FGM has taken place globally, particularly in Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Nigeria, Northern Sudan, and Yemen. In many ...
Created on 05 March 2019
17. Female Genital Cutting is an International Issue
(News & Blog)
... as Malaysia and Indonesia. There have even been reports in Colombia, South America. This puts FGC on every continent in the world! As previously mentioned, FGC occurs among diaspora communities. When ...
Created on 06 December 2018
18. Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Is it an Islamic Practice? (Part 2)
(News & Blog)
... Indonesia and Malaysia considers FGC an Islamic practice, yet they are culturally influenced by the region where Yemen and Oman are situated, countries that have considerable FGC prevalence. At a time ...
Created on 13 October 2018
19. Sahiyo co-founders win Laadli and ShoorVeer Awards in India
(News & Blog)
... in Kerala after Mathrubhoomi, a prominent Malayalam newspaper, conducted a follow-up exposé of the same clinic, and published a first-person account of a young woman from Kerala who had undergone FGC as ...
Created on 19 September 2018
20. Tracing the Origins of Female Genital Cutting: How It All started
(News & Blog)
... of Sunni Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia justifies FGC as an Islamic practice and is culturally influenced by the Eastern part of the Arabian peninsula, the region where presently Yemen and Oman are situated. ...
Created on 21 July 2018