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41. ‘Even Though I Was Impacted by Female Genital Cutting, I Knew Little About It’
(News & Blog)
... in Somalia are cut, I want that statistic to be a thing of the past and no longer be true in the 21st century. Additionally, I am currently offering support to a change.org petition to advocate to ban ...
Created on 04 September 2018
42. Why Won’t Massachusetts Pass A Law Against Female Genital Cutting?
(News & Blog)
... pass such a law, Mariya Taher (a survivor of FGM/C) and Hanna Stern (an advocate against FGM/C), started a change.org petition calling on Governor Charlie Baker, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and ...
Created on 06 August 2018
43. Indian Supreme Court Offers Hope for Petition Against FGC, While Government Denies its Prevalence
(News & Blog)
On July 10, judges of the Supreme Court of India observed that the “bodily integrity of a woman” cannot be violated while hearing a petition about Female Genital Cutting. The Court made this observation ...
Created on 30 July 2018
44. An appeal to Maneka Gandhi: Stop the flip-flops on Female Genital Cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... first publicly acknowledged the practice of FGC in India in May 2017, a month after an independent lawyer petitioned the Supreme Court asking for a ban on FGC. The Court sought a response from the government ...
Created on 29 June 2018
45. Sahiyo’s petition to the United Nations needs your help
(News & Blog)
In December 2016, Sahiyo started a petition with Change.org to encourage the United Nations to invest in research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Asian countries. The petition proposes to end FGM/C ...
Created on 07 May 2018
46. How I found out Khatna exists and why I choose to speak out
(News & Blog)
By Priya Ahluwalia Snugly sitting on my bed on the wintry night of December, a cold chill ran down my spine as I read through the Change.Org petition against Female Genital Mutilation also known as Female ...
Created on 07 May 2018
47. Shifting terrains: Lessons learnt from the first U.S. Activists Retreat for Bohras against Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... linked to the fact that FGC in our community developed due to a consistent repetition of the practice generation after generation. This caused it to become a deeply entrenched ritual many followed without ...
Created on 08 February 2018
48. Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Shabana Feroze
(News & Blog)
... and standing up for what she believes in. 1)    When did you first get involved with Sahiyo? I first got involved with Sahiyo in April, when I signed the petition for the UN to invest in research and ...
Created on 19 August 2017
49. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
(To sign petition, click here) End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by 2030: Invest in Research, and Support in Asia According to the United Nations, at least 200 million women in 30 countries have ...
Created on 12 July 2017
50. FGM before the Indian Supreme Court
(News & Blog)
... India is a signatory to the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but it was not even on the radar of the UN until a group of women submitted a petition to recognise India as one of the countries ...
Created on 07 June 2017
51. Despite backlash, Sahiyo will continue to work with the community
(News & Blog)
... social media platforms are blatantly untrue. To clarify a few doubts – Sahiyo has not started a petition addressed to the Syedna and we have not filed the PIL to ban khatna in India, either. We are only ...
Created on 02 June 2017
52. AFTTAP-Hosted Webinar on Digital Storytelling (01 August 2023 10:30)
(Events / Webinar)
... Bar Association to pass legislation to protect girls from FGM/C. After starting a Change.org petition and gathering over 400,000 signatures, Massachusetts became the 39th state in the U.S. to do so. She ...
Created on 10 July 2023
53. Sign the #EndFGM petition on change.org
(News & Blog)
A new change.org petition calling for an end to Female Genital Cutting in the Bohra community was started in September by Ranjana Sehgal and Umi Saran. The petition is addressed to Dr. Syedna Mufaddal ...
Created on 01 November 2018
54. Indian Supreme Court Offers Hope for Petition Against FGC, While Government Denies its Prevalence
(News & Blog)
On July 10, judges of the Supreme Court of India observed that the “bodily integrity of a woman” cannot be violated while hearing a petition about Female Genital Cutting. The Court made this observation ...
Created on 30 July 2018
55. Sahiyo’s petition to the United Nations needs your help
(News & Blog)
In December 2016, Sahiyo started a petition with Change.org to encourage the United Nations to invest in research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Asian countries. The petition proposes to end FGM/C ...
Created on 07 May 2018
56. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
(To sign petition, click here) End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by 2030: Invest in Research, and Support in Asia According to the United Nations, at least 200 million women in 30 countries have ...
Created on 12 July 2017
57. Speak Out on FGM petition to the UN collects more than 500 signatures
(News & Blog)
In December 2015, Speak Out on FGM – a collective of Bohra khatna survivors – launched a signature petition on Change.org, appealing to various ministers in the Indian government to end Female Genital ...
Created on 17 January 2017
58. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
(TO READ AND SIGN THE PETITION, CLICK HERE)    According to the United Nations, at least 200 million women in 30 countries have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). However, these ...
Created on 02 January 2017
59. Now, a petition against khatna by UK Bohra woman
(News & Blog)
... was subjected to khatna as a child and remembers it as a traumatic incident. She has now launched a petition under the pseudonym “Luv Shabbir”, asking Nicky Morgan, a Member of Parliament in the UK, to ...
Created on 12 February 2016
60. SIGN ANTI-FGC PETITION TODAY!
(News & Blog)
In 2011, an anonymous Bohra woman using the name ‘Tasleem’ made the first attempt to end the practice of female khatna through an online petition on Change.org. That petition was addressed to Syedna Mohammed ...
Created on 11 January 2016