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61. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Melody Joy Eckardt
(News & Blog)
... working internationally with the Division of Global Health and Human Rights at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) on issues related to women’s reproductive health and maternal mortality in developing ...
Created on 16 October 2019
62. Discovering female genital cutting in my community
(News & Blog)
... complications for women’s reproductive health is not okay. That tampering with God’s creation of a perfect body is not okay. That perpetuating patriarchal standards by continuing this practice is not okay.  ...
Created on 18 June 2019
63. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... and Gynaecology at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, and Dr. Allan Jacobs, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at Stony Brook University. They wrote that “we must adopt a more nuanced position ...
Created on 05 March 2019
64. On The Supreme Court Hearings and The Pro-Khatna FAQs Circulated by Bohras
(News & Blog)
... is connected to your sexual organs and reproductive system. It’s not a harmless procedure. Nose and ear piercings are harmless procedures, available at hospitals and pharmacies, and are done by trained ...
Created on 23 August 2018
65. 'Call it by the Name': A researcher’s dilemma on the FGM-FGC terminology debat
(News & Blog)
by Debangana Chatterjee Two years back when I ventured into trying to understand a culturally specific embodied practice pertaining to procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female ...
Created on 27 June 2018
66. A tale of deception: My conversation with an FGC survivor in Pakistan
(News & Blog)
... an unpleasant experience. It is difficult to be psychologically scarred and feel completely at ease. Sadly enough, our generation still believes sex is a dirty, reproductive act. We are trained to associate ...
Created on 16 February 2018
67. Research Studies on FGC
(News & Blog)
  New Study from Iran: Female Genital Mutilation Impedes Men’s Well-Being   Implementation of the International and Regional Human Rights Framework for the Elimination of Female Genital ...
Created on 07 July 2017
68. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
(News & Blog)
... abuses antithetical to our beautiful faith. We call on all Muslim organizations to provide sexual/ reproductive health education and sexual violence awareness trainings to ensure that leaders are well ...
Created on 08 June 2017
69. Despite backlash, Sahiyo will continue to work with the community
(News & Blog)
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation/cutting states that the “involvement of health-care providers in performing FGM ...
Created on 02 June 2017
70. Law alone cannot end the practice of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... openly. Many people do not understand how brutal the practice is and simply prefer not to discuss it because of the entrenched shame around women’s sexuality and reproductive health that is enforced through ...
Created on 26 April 2017
71. Female circumcision is no different from other forms of violence against women
(News & Blog)
... if the procedure that is done in Singapore is “just a small cut” or “won’t hurt very much”. The very idea that something is wrong with female reproductive organs or that it is not good enough the way it ...
Created on 29 September 2016
72. Mariya Taher to represent Sahiyo at Women Deliver Conference
(News & Blog)
... to drive progress in maternal, sexual, and reproductive health and human rights. Allies from around the world will come together to build capacity, share solutions, and forge partnerships, together creating ...
Created on 13 May 2016
73. The Practice of Khatna or Female Genital Mutilation amongst the Dawoodi (Daudi) Bohra Shia Muslim Community – Part 1
(News & Blog)
... levels, there is unequivocal consensus that FGM/C represents an extreme violation of the human rights of women and children, a danger to sexual and reproductive health, a harmful practice and a form of ...
Created on 19 January 2016
74. FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING A Continuing Tradition
(News & Blog)
... Genital Mutilation in the United States. (2004, November). Retrieved March 20, 2009, from Center For Reproductive Rights: www.reproductiverights.org – See more at: http://imaginingequality.globalfundforwomen.org/content/female-genital-cutting#sthash.g8x2aTvi.dpuf ...
Created on 17 January 2016
75. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... complications for women’s sexual and reproductive health. See more here.   FGC is often a patriarchal cultural tradition carried out with the intent of subjugating women and controlling their bodies. ...
Created on 11 January 2016
76. Reproductive Rights
(Tags)
Reproductive Rights
Created on 08 February 2022
77. A CARE Tuesday Talk: The History & Future of Reproductive Justice
(Article tagged with: Reproductive Rights)
On February 1st, CARE Atlanta Global Innovation Hub hosted a webinar on reproductive rights and justice, and invited Sahiyo’s U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher to speak about female genital cutting ...
Created on 08 February 2022
78. The overturning of Roe v. Wade and its implications for survivors of FGC
(Article tagged with: Reproductive Rights)
... three professionals involved in the anti-FGC movement across public health, reproductive health, and law disciplines in an effort to understand if the overturning of Roe v. Wade could impact survivors ...
Created on 02 May 2023