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61. I did not circumcise my daughters, says a Malay Muslim mother
(News & Blog)
... to have them circumcised. Female circumcision is one of the most puzzling birth rituals in Muslim society. It has no health or aesthetic value whatsoever. Circumcision was usually performed by a traditional ...
Created on 08 September 2016
62. Empowering Muslim Women through Storytelling: A Roundtable Discussion
(News & Blog)
... Empowering Muslim Women through Storytelling: A Roundtable Discussion   Date: 21 March, 3:00 PM-4:15 PM Location: Ex-Press Bar – GA Building (max. capacity: 100) Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Speakers ...
Created on 11 March 2016
63. 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
64. 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
65. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... Muslim woman doctor at a private clinic to have the prepuce (or the clitoral hood) of my genitals nicked. My cut is classified as type 1b FGM/C according to the World Health Organisation categories. My ...
Created on 06 February 2025
66. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
... Sirocki, was in contact with the national office and local chapter of ACT! For America, to garner support for an event she was hosting to promote her anti-FGM/C bill. ACT! For America, is an anti-Muslim ...
Created on 20 January 2025
67. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... are needed to contribute to those laws, Joanne explained. “At the time a majority of people who were at-risk were people of color, Muslim, and oftentimes immigrants. I fit none ...
Created on 04 September 2024
68. Advocacy & Travel Award
(Programs)
... Contextualizing FGM in the Sunni Muslim Communities of Kerala, India.  Read more about how Sahiyo helped Nevin Sutherland attend the 2024 Asian Studies Conference. Umme Kulsoom Arif: A lawyer, activist, ...
Created on 14 August 2024
69. Our Fight to End FGM in The Gambia: Who is Listening?
(News & Blog)
... of FGM born and raised in The Gambia, a Serahule, and a proud Muslim, my journey has been one of pain, resilience, and unwavering determination. I have learned that it is important to recognize my roots ...
Created on 02 April 2024
70. Activist Saza Faradilla and End FGC Singapore spread awareness about FGC
(News & Blog)
... because we believed that a cohesive, more ordered force needed to be established to bring an end to this practice.” From there, the first step was to “raise awareness among the Muslim community,” then ...
Created on 26 September 2023
71. Sahiyo Discusses book club to hold next event in September
(News & Blog)
... September 27, 2023 the group will meet virtually for Sahiyo Discusses: Cut Woman by Dena Igusti. Dena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT ...
Created on 06 September 2023
72. An Emergency Within an Emergency: The Crises of Climate Change and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... development, and direct service. In 2018, Mariya received the Human Rights Storytellers Award from the Muslim American Leadership Alliance. In 2020, she was recognized as one of the six inaugural grant ...
Created on 09 September 2022
73. Reflection on Sahiyo webinar: Understanding Social Norms to end Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... in Islam and is not followed by all Muslim women. Amongst many other myths, she was told that if she does not undergo the procedure, her prayers will not be accepted in her faith. When she understood that ...
Created on 01 August 2022
74. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... is a queer non binary Indonesian Muslim poet, playwright, filmmaker, producer, and FGC survivor & activist born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game Over Books, 2020) ...
Created on 31 May 2022
75. A love letter to my mother who cut me
(News & Blog)
... income bracket, and how society judges you by how you raise your Malay Muslim daughters.  Briefly mentioned in the story, I contended with my gender and sexuality. A social norm has molded us to reject ...
Created on 31 May 2022
76. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
...    Dena Igusti (they/them) is a queer non-binary Indonesian Muslim poet, playwright, filmmaker, producer, and FGC survivor & activist born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT ...
Created on 25 May 2022
77. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: Turning neighbors, friends, and community members into Bhaiyos
(News & Blog)
... Kinjalbhai, that in some Muslim sects, women are 'circumcised,' he said he did not know what this 'circumcision' meant and have never heard about it! Similarly, when I informed my friend Sandeepbhai Salikia, ...
Created on 08 March 2022
78. A reflection on the medical perspectives on female genital cutting (FGC) webinar
(News & Blog)
By: Amela Tokić On October 9th, 2021, community-led movement End FGC Singapore, which strives to empower Muslim communities in Singapore to end the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), hosted a ...
Created on 14 October 2021
79. Upcoming webinar: Exploring the connections between religion and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... Qureshi, MS OTR, is an Occupational Therapist and Sexual Health Educator. For the last twelve years, Sameera has worked at the intersections of mental and sexual health education within Muslim communities, ...
Created on 11 October 2021
80. Voices reflection: Hear it from a Hindu girl, FGM/C has nothing to do with religion 
(News & Blog)
By Priya Goswami I was 11 years old when my mother said I was ‘impure’ now that I got my periods. The idea of ‘impurity’ in front of God enraged the eleven-year-old me. I wanted to know if my Muslim ...
Created on 15 September 2021