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1. Forced Clitoridectomies on Athletes
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By Masuma Kothari (Several female athletes have been coerced to undergo partial clitoridectomies to participate in competitive sports. Read about female genital cutting (FGC) in sports here.) “Let ...
Created on 02 June 2020
2. FGM/C in sports: Why some female athletes are being coerced into partial clitoridectomy
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By Zahra Qaiyumi  Imagine you are a professional female athlete who is told that you must agree to undergo a partial clitoridectomy in order to continue participating in your sport. This might sound ...
Created on 26 May 2020
3. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Joanne Golden
(News & Blog)
... state-level legislation to ban the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Massachusetts.  I am also a fierce Boston sports fan. I study the Irish language and violin in what little time ...
Created on 10 August 2019
4. Sahiyo co-founders win Laadli and ShoorVeer Awards in India
(News & Blog)
... friend’s life, an amputee sportsman and several women and men working in the fields of education, health, and human rights. Aarefa won the award for her work as a Sahiyo co-founder to end the practice ...
Created on 19 September 2018
5. Deen and Duniya (Religion and the World) a film by Alisha Bhagat
(News & Blog)
... that we experience in things like sports, prayer, communal meals and family. I also wanted to highlight some of the issues that all women in patriarchal societies face – control over women’s sexuality, ...
Created on 04 February 2017
6. FGM/C in sports: Why some female athletes are being coerced into partial clitoridectomy
(News & Blog)
By Zahra Qaiyumi  Imagine you are a professional female athlete who is told that you must agree to undergo a partial clitoridectomy in order to continue participating in your sport. This might sound ...
Created on 26 May 2020
7. Forced Clitoridectomies on Athletes
(News & Blog)
By Masuma Kothari (Several female athletes have been coerced to undergo partial clitoridectomies to participate in competitive sports. Read about female genital cutting (FGC) in sports here.) “Let ...
Created on 02 June 2020
8. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Joanne Golden
(News & Blog)
... state-level legislation to ban the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Massachusetts.  I am also a fierce Boston sports fan. I study the Irish language and violin in what little time ...
Created on 10 August 2019
9. Sahiyo co-founders win Laadli and ShoorVeer Awards in India
(News & Blog)
... friend’s life, an amputee sportsman and several women and men working in the fields of education, health, and human rights. Aarefa won the award for her work as a Sahiyo co-founder to end the practice ...
Created on 19 September 2018
10. Deen and Duniya (Religion and the World) a film by Alisha Bhagat
(News & Blog)
... that we experience in things like sports, prayer, communal meals and family. I also wanted to highlight some of the issues that all women in patriarchal societies face – control over women’s sexuality, ...
Created on 04 February 2017
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12. FGM/C in sports: Why some female athletes are being coerced into partial clitoridectomy
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By Zahra Qaiyumi  Imagine you are a professional female athlete who is told that you must agree to undergo a partial clitoridectomy in order to continue participating in your sport. This might sound ...
Created on 26 May 2020
13. Forced Clitoridectomies on Athletes
(Article tagged with: Sports )
By Masuma Kothari (Several female athletes have been coerced to undergo partial clitoridectomies to participate in competitive sports. Read about female genital cutting (FGC) in sports here.) “Let ...
Created on 02 June 2020

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