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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. 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
7. 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
8. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part III
(News & Blog)
... often say, “We do this because it is our tradition. It is something that all Malay Muslims share both here in Singapore and in Malaysia.” Indeed, many of my interlocutors also agree that this practice ...
Created on 02 July 2019
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
... Changing Paradigms of FGM/C Russian clinic in row over female genital cutting FGC in Iraq: Changing Perceptions to End a Harmful Tradition in Northern Iraq FGC in Malaysia: Review fatwa ...
Created on 04 December 2017
15. Sahiyo to be a part of a new global movement for progressive Muslims
(News & Blog)
... of other liberal Muslim organisations from Malaysia, Tunisia, Pakistan, USA, Canada, Argentina, Burundi, Somalia, Kenya, Netherlands, Germany and more. Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari also attended the ...
Created on 21 October 2017
16. Our Petition
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... has also been reported in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives, Brunei, Russia (Dagestan), Bangladesh, and Iran and amongst diaspora populations around the world ...
Created on 12 July 2017
17. Speak Out on FGM petition to the UN collects more than 500 signatures
(News & Blog)
... in “certain ethnic groups in Asian countries…in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka”, Indonesia is the only one of these countries that is included in the UN’s official FGC-prevalence statistic ...
Created on 17 January 2017
18. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives, Brunei, Russia (Dagestan), Bangladesh, and Iran. Yet, Asian countries fall outside the scope of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Accelerate the Abandonment ...
Created on 02 January 2017
19. Dec 7: Join our Twitter chat on Type 1 Female Genital Cutting in Asia
(News & Blog)
... Lanka) 9 am EST (US east coast) 4 pm in Egypt 10 pm in Singapore and Malaysia Here is how you can participate: Log into your Twitter account (or make one, if you are not on Twitter yet!) ...
Created on 06 December 2016
20. Let’s Talk About “Sunat Perempuan”
(News & Blog)
... a workshop where participants from Singapore, Malaysia, India, and Thailand shared their experiences and discussed Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Variations of the term include Female Genital Cutting ...
Created on 27 October 2016