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61. Sahiyo Teams Up With Womankind for an FGC 101 Training
(News & Blog)
On August 14th 2024, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Member, Kaneez Madraswalla, led a FGC 101 training in collaboration with Womankind in New York City. Womankind is a leading organization dedicated to supporting ...
Created on 22 August 2024
62. Musuya (Womanhood)
(News & Blog)
“I believe they don't really know what it is and how it is conducted, the procedures, and the negative impact that it has… It will be easy to say ‘don’t ban FGM’ when you don’t know what happened in there.”  ...
Created on 12 January 2024
63. My experience at the Global Woman Awards and Walk to End FGM
(News & Blog)
By Rachel Wine On September 30th, I had the honor of joining survivors, activists, and allies from around the world to participate in the 9th Annual Global Woman Awards the 10th Annual Walk to End FGM. ...
Created on 03 October 2023
64. Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher, receives Global Woman Award
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is excited to announce that our U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher, has received a Global Woman Award from the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, for her work in Policy Making and Legal accomplishments. ...
Created on 17 July 2023
65. Reflecting on an Israeli Minister’s decision to not grant asylum for a woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
... Leonian woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). The Minister cited several reasons for her decision, many of which included problematic assumptions about FGM/C. I’ll aim to unpack these ...
Created on 11 January 2023
66. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
By Jenny Cordle On February 5th of last year, one day before the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Zahra Khozema, 24, shared her deeply personal story ...
Created on 15 January 2021
67. Texas woman charged for Female Genital Cutting: Sahiyo press statement
(News & Blog)
A woman from Houston, Texas (USA) has been charged under federal United States’ law for transporting a minor out of the country for the purpose of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C).  According ...
Created on 14 January 2021
68. Sahiyo Partner Spotlight: Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation
(News & Blog)
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, was founded on the principles of ending violence and injustices against women and girls. Founded in 2010, the Global Woman organization ...
Created on 17 November 2020
69. An ode to every woman fighting social norms around the world
(News & Blog)
... the name of social norms; it is an ode to women all over the world, who are forced to fight the norms of patriarchy every day in order to simply survive.)  What makes a woman? Is it her kindness, generosity, ...
Created on 27 February 2020
70. How doctors responded to my genital mutilation: An American woman's 70-year journe
(News & Blog)
... left me to attend to another woman’s emergency.  1970—age 25—I gave birth to our second son eleven months after his brother was born. I was semi-awake as he moved through the birth canal. The ...
Created on 26 February 2019
71. Sahiyo Volunteer nominated for The Global Woman Student Ambassador Award
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo’s Maria Akhter has been nominated to receive the Global Woman Award in the “Student Ambassador” category, on Friday, October 26, 2018, in Washington, D.C.  The awards are given by the Global Woman ...
Created on 05 July 2018
72. Here I am, sharing my story: Watch a Dawoodi Bohra woman narrate her Khatna experience
(News & Blog)
In October 2017, at Sahiyo’s third Thaal Pe Charcha event, a young Indian Bohra woman, Saleha Paatwala, shared her experience of being subjected to “khafz” — also known as khatna or Female Genital Cutting ...
Created on 06 February 2018
73. A letter to Syedna, by a Bohra woman
(News & Blog)
(Editor’s note – The courageous woman who shared this letter would like it to be known that sahiyo’s platform was the official outlet for her letter.) By: Anonymous Country of Residence: United States ...
Created on 12 May 2017
74. Memories of a cry: A Bohra woman’s poem on her Khatna
(News & Blog)
... the compulsories. One day went to a certain doctor, a woman. I was eight and healthy My sister, my cousin, and me remember an old building, the peculiar smell… A sliding door. I loved the street food, ...
Created on 29 March 2017
75. A Kenyan Woman's Take on FGM/FGC in the Bohra Communit
(News & Blog)
... a woman who performs this vile act claims, when asked the purpose of this procedure, that it promotes moral behaviour. She actually states that the Bohra community has a much lower incidence of extra marital ...
Created on 18 October 2016
76. My Body Is Not Mine – A Muslim woman’s commentary on body autonomy
(News & Blog)
... read deeper into the meaning of these messages, it translates into: you are a woman, this is how you will look, this is how you will behave. You will listen and follow because centuries of male leadership ...
Created on 15 September 2016
77. One Woman's Reactions to Bakersfield’s Resolution against Khatna (FGC
(News & Blog)
By: Anonymous   Country: United States   Age: In her 30s   When the public resolution on khatna (female circumcision) from the Bakersfield Jamaat (community) was released shortly after the ...
Created on 13 June 2016
78. 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
79. It was a part of me…part of my womanhood…
(News & Blog)
(Trigger Warning: The story below is a powerfully, vivid account of one woman’s memory of FGC. We are grateful to her for sharing with us the details of her experience)  By Mariya Ali  Country: United ...
Created on 23 January 2016
80. Washington D.C. Passes Comprehensive Law to Protect Children from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... of this procedure.  Recognizing these staggering figures, FGM/C survivors, legislative advocates, and organizations like Sahiyo, The US End FGM/C Network, Global Woman P.E.A.C.E Foundation, and George ...
Created on 02 June 2025