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21. 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
22. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
... 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
23. Announcement: A new research project on Khatna in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
... the more comprehensive studies that this issue deserves. This is an incredibly important time for the Bohra community both within India and Pakistan and abroad, with media attention being dramatically ...
Created on 20 June 2017
24. A conversation on Khatna with Suleimani Bohras
(News & Blog)
... the world, including the Middle East, Pakistan, Europe, South-east Asia, North America and Australia. The community has now dropped the ‘Bohra’ from its name so we just call ourselves Suleimanis. Shaheeda: ...
Created on 10 March 2017
25. 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
26. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... as recently as 2016. This official data still leaves out a large number of women from other countries – particularly in Asia – where FGC has been reported. FGM/C is known to occur in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri ...
Created on 02 January 2017
27. Sahiyo participates in the End Violence Against Girls Summit on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, and the United States. Participants also included girls and women who have lived through the ordeal ...
Created on 14 December 2016
28. Why the khatna conversation needs men's voices to
(News & Blog)
(First published on June 7, 2016)    by Ammar Karimjee    Age: 24    Country: Pakistan   I found out when I was 19. I’d just heard about the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) ...
Created on 09 December 2016
29. What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... also acknowledges the prevalence of the practice in other countries like India, Pakistan, Oman, Malaysia, Iran and Colombia, where no national surveys have been done yet. Indonesia, where the widespread ...
Created on 16 October 2016
30. FGC in Dawoodi Bohra Community
(News & Blog)
2024 ‘Something has been taken away’: Pakistan’s well-kept FGM secret 2023 Bring legislation to ban female genital mutilation, religious leader writes to PM Modi 2022 Campaigners ...
Created on 09 June 2016
31. The Role of Men in Ending FGM in the Bohra Community
(News & Blog)
By Ammar Karimjee Age:24 Country: Pakistan   I found out when I was 19. I’d just heard about the practice of female genital mutilation  (FGM) in an Anthropology class, and had dismissed it as something ...
Created on 07 June 2016
32. Boston Jammaat Sends Letter Against Khatna/FGC to Members
(News & Blog)
... families in India, Pakistan and the Gulf because they feel they are being told to do khatna  (FGC) where there is no law to prevent it. What we need is a worldwide standard for all Bohras. Given the many ...
Created on 06 June 2016
33. Respected Syedna, we are all disappointed by your views on female circumcision
(News & Blog)
... whose headquarters are at Badri Mahal in Mumbai. The jamaat letters gave hope to Bohras across the world, even in countries like India and Pakistan where there are no laws against female genital cutting, ...
Created on 29 April 2016
34. New U.S. CDC Study Still Under Reports FGC in this Country
(News & Blog)
... only recently become public knowledge. In the last few years, reports of FGC being practiced in India, Pakistan, Iraq, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, various place in Africa, as well as other developed ...
Created on 06 March 2016
35. All countries, NOW, required to track FGC for U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
(News & Blog)
... amongst Diaspora Dawoodi Bohra communities around the globe. FGC is also known to occur in other asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, amongst others. Just this past year, the ...
Created on 10 February 2016
36. Each One, Reach One - A FGC Public Outreach Campaign
(News & Blog)
... various types of FGC are known to be practiced in a large number of African countries, in many Gulf/Arab countries and Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and to a small extent in Pakistan and India. FGC ...
Created on 04 February 2016
37. The Practice of Khatna or Female Genital Mutilation amongst the Dawoodi (Daudi) Bohra Shia Muslim Community – Part 1
(News & Blog)
... Buddhists, Sikhs, etc. The Dawoodi Bohra Shia Muslim community, found in large numbers in India and Pakistan, and to a smaller extent, in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the only Muslim community in the Indian ...
Created on 19 January 2016
38. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... culture and a population estimated to be between one and two million people, globally. It is commonly noted that around half of the community lives in India and Pakistan, while the rest are spread out ...
Created on 11 January 2016
39. More News on FGC
(Uncategorised)
... and Perceptions towards Violence Against Women  FGC in Oman FGM Study in Oman Shows High Prevalence All Over The Country FGC in Pakistan: Violated Hopes: My ...
Created on 06 January 2016
40. Sleeping researchers and lack of data on female genital cutting in Pakistan
(News & Blog)
 By Huda Syyed Two decades ago, I flipped through Reader’s Digest to distract my mind from schoolwork and the sweltering summer heat of Pakistan. My eyes glanced at the brief excerpt displayed mid-page ...
Created on 17 September 2020