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101. FGC in India
(News & Blog)
... modernity within tradition in the debates on female khatna / female genital cutting in India  2022 The Prevalance of Female Genital Mutilation in India 2018 “Heartwrenching’ study ...
Created on 26 September 2021
102. Tradition
(Tags)
Tradition
Created on 12 July 2021
103. Female Genital Cutting Diaries: My first encounter with the tradition of female genital cutting
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
... as the Dawoodi Bohras will go to protect the practice. My first encounter with the longstanding tradition of female genital cutting in Mali punctuated my Peace Corps service in Konza. The local midwife ...
Created on 18 December 2018
104. FGM and the myth of modernity among Dawoodi Bohras
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
By: Anonymous  Age: 33 Country of birth: India Country of current residence: USA  I am a male born into a Dawoodi Bohra family. My brother and I had remarkably normal upbringings in the United States. ...
Created on 11 May 2017
105. Now Bakersfield, CA has banned Khatna (FGM/C)!
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
Created on 14 March 2016
106. Part II–Medicalising khatna within the Bohra community: A Struggle of Tradition and Modernity
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
By Fatema Kakal (This is Part II in a series about female genital cutting within the Bohra community. Read Part I here.) While religion and religious leaders, along with culture and tradition can be ...
Created on 23 June 2020
107. Tracing the Origins of Female Genital Cutting: How It All started
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
... began. FGC precedes both the start of Islam and Christianity and is practised predominantly because of cultural traditions. FGC is not limited to a single community, religion or ethnicity. Rosemarie Skaine ...
Created on 21 July 2018
108. We need a Bohra Revolution
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
... Shia traditions. The first Dai was appointed by Arwa Al – Sulayhi, a long-reigning queen in Yemen, as a vicegerent (deputy) for the young Imam At-Tayyib. The succession of Dais was not always hereditary, ...
Created on 17 May 2017
109. Why female genital cutting still continues: Exploring the reasons behind its sustenance
(Article tagged with: Tradition)
... Thus, faith becomes the genesis of these reasons, making FGC considered to be beneficial by the communities. These reasons can be broadly grouped as traditional, socio-cultural, sexual and hygienic, but ...
Created on 05 February 2019