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1. Urge Senator Winfield to Protect Girls from FGM/C in Connecticut
(News & Blog)
... for a vote at the next Connecticut Senate session. Sen. Winfield can be contacted at 1-860-240-0475 or emailed at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  The session for getting bills passed in Connecticut ends ...
Created on 31 May 2025
2. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
... floor that removed the language making it a crime to consent to the procedure, the bill did not pass by one vote and later died between the House and Senate. Bills LD 1819, and HP 1261, were proposed ...
Created on 20 January 2025
3. How can you, as an ordinary person, help end female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... However, most Americans aren’t consistent voters. This makes it difficult to voice opinions through elected officials who may not be the best suited to represent their constituents. Therefore, it is important ...
Created on 22 October 2024
4. UNICEF releases new data on global prevalence of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... population overall, and stagnation in some countries. One such country, The Gambia, recently voted to repeal its ban on FGM/C. The report asserts that, “though the pace of progress is picking up, the rate ...
Created on 21 March 2024
5. Washington Senate Bill 5453 moves to House Appropriations Committee
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... In-Person (oral testimony limited to only 1-2 minutes max) Testify Remotely (oral testimony limited to only 1-2 minutes max) Submit Written Testimony Vote Pro Learn more about Washington SB 5453 ...
Created on 29 March 2023
6. Washington SB 5453 moves to the House
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SB5453 in Washington State is onto a hearing in the State's House for Monday, March 13th after passing the Senate unanimously. To express your support of SB5453:   You can vote PRO by clicking ...
Created on 09 March 2023
7. Troubling Idaho House Bill 71 moves on to Senate
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... rights. However, as of February 15th, another attempt is being made to take away medical care for Trans youth through HB 71. This bill has passed the House and is on to the Senate for a vote.  This ...
Created on 24 February 2023
8. Washington Senate Bill 5453 concerning female genital mutilation/cutting moves forward in the Senate
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... is how to get involved: Submit written testimony Testify virtually To vote pro Testify in-person Statement from the Washington Coalition: We are a newly formed Coalition working to end ...
Created on 13 February 2023
9. The hearing for Washington Senate Bill 5453 concerning female genital mutilation/cutting
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... during the hearing either in-person or virtually by signing up here.  Submit written testimony with this link. Please note that written testimony is due within 24 hours after the hearing. Vote in support ...
Created on 27 January 2023
10. Sahiyo Discusses book club holds next event in September
(News & Blog)
... was published by Inanna in 2007. Her second novel, Six Metres of Pavement, won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award and was short-listed for the 2012 Toronto Book Award. In 2017 it was voted the One Book One Brampton ...
Created on 04 August 2022
11. Massachusetts Senate passes FGM/C bill
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... bill H4606 “An Act Relative to the Penalties for the crime of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)” in Massachusetts. The FGM/C bill had a favorable vote in a formal session of the Senate, after it ...
Created on 30 July 2020
12. How COVID-19 impacts programs devoted to ending gender-based violence, including female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... currently being devoted to the pandemic. Alfons noted that in her region of Kenya, FGC only occurs every two years. Therefore, FGC is not rising in cases at the moment, but child marriage has increased ...
Created on 21 July 2020
13. Massachusetts House passes FGM/C bill
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July 16, 2020 – The Massachusetts House of Representatives has just voted favorably in an informal session to pass a bill to protect girls from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). H.4606 – An Act ...
Created on 16 July 2020
14. Voices Series: Why silence is our enemy
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... websites and groups devoted to educating and ending FGM/C, there were no images of little girls that resembled the younger version of me, no pictures of Caucasian, American girls, raised in the Christian ...
Created on 26 February 2020
15. 'A Pinch of Skin' to Screen in Berli
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... in Ireland, also known as the 8th Amendment. This is especially significant as a successful contemporary feminist movement, where women of Ireland voted against the ban on abortion, influencing pro-choice ...
Created on 12 June 2019
16. To ban or medicalise? Sri Lanka grapples with debates on Female Genital Cutting
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... a large and influential Muslim vote bank. The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama, an organization of religious scholars in the country issued a fatwa in 2008 stating that female circumcision was obligatory, ...
Created on 17 October 2018
17. Looking from the Outside-In: Initial Perceptions of Female Genital Cutting
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... Minnesotans “break free from Sharia”.  However, Loomer’s assertion that “ voted against legislation that would have made Female genital mutilation a felony in Minnesota” because “she didn’t want ...
Created on 21 September 2018
18. Want to help us end female genital cutting? Vote for Sahiyo in the Shared Nation Contest!
(News & Blog)
... projects participating in the August 2018 contest to be voted on to receive the digital community’s combined funds. Each month, general voting takes place for the first three weeks of the month, and in ...
Created on 01 August 2018
19. Want to help end Female Genital Cutting? Vote for Sahiyo in the Shared Nation Contest
(News & Blog)
... to our world’s biggest problems. This month, nominated by Jonathan Payne, Sahiyo will be one of the projects participating in the May 2018 contest to be voted on to receive the digital community’s combined ...
Created on 01 May 2018
20. My Empowerment at the Sahiyo U.S. Activists Retreat
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 By Anonymous Country of Residence: United States A few weeks ago, I attended the first U.S-based Bohra Activists Retreat held in Brooklyn, New York. Eleven women from all over the country gathered ...
Created on 13 February 2018