Monthly Archive

2018

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 113 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo editorial intern Jenny Cordle
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Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo editorial intern Jenny Cordle

  Jenny Cordle joined Sahiyo’s team as an editorial intern in October 2018. She is currently researching the intersection of maternal and child health, traditional healing and spiritual beliefs i read more..
Female Genital Cutting Diaries: My first encounter with the tradition of female genital cutting
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Female Genital Cutting Diaries: My first encounter with the tradition of female genital cutting

by Jenny Cordle A decade ago I lived in a practicing, rural community situated in the lush, southern region of Mali, West Africa. Out of nearly 2,000 inhabitants living in mud-brick houses, a dozen w... read more..
Sahiyo Stories screened in Washington DC: A survivor's reflection
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Sahiyo Stories screened in Washington DC: A survivor's reflection

by Maryah Haidery  Recently on Facebook, I noted that real social change usually happens when people are good enough to care about doing the right thing, thoughtful enough to figure out the best ... read more..
Mariya Receives Human Rights Storytellers Award
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Mariya Receives Human Rights Storytellers Award

The Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA), a civic and community organization committed to promoting individual freedom and diversity, and to celebrating Muslim American heritage, honored Sahiyo ... read more..
Female Genital Cutting is an International Issue
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Female Genital Cutting is an International Issue

By Brionna Wiggins Upon hearing about female genital cutting and what it entails, it seems that one of the first facts you hear about it has to do with its prevalence in Africa and the Middle East. Wh... read more..
Five things you need to know about the controversial court ruling on FGM/C in USA: Sahiyo explains
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Five things you need to know about the controversial court ruling on FGM/C in USA: Sahiyo explains

by Sahiyo On November 20, 2018, United States District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that the US Federal Law banning Female Genital Cutting (FGC, also known as Female Genital Mutilation or FGM) is unco... read more..
The Legal Side of Khatna or Female Genital Cutting
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The Legal Side of Khatna or Female Genital Cutting

By Priya Ahluwalia Priya is a 22-year-old clinical psychology student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai. She is passionate about mental health, photography and writing. She is currently co... read more..
Global Women P.E.A.C.E Foundation 5K Walk Against FGM
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Global Women P.E.A.C.E Foundation 5K Walk Against FGM

Each year, the Global Women P.E.A.C.E. Foundation hosts a 5K Walk Against FGM in Washington, D.C., and activists working to end FGC around the world come to participate. This year, the event was exten... read more..
California Thaal pe Charcha allowed me to share my experiences through storytelling
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California Thaal pe Charcha allowed me to share my experiences through storytelling

By Anonymous I grew up in India, and when I moved to California a few years ago, I didn’t know anybody from the Bohra Jamaat (congregation). The Sahiyo ‘Thaal pe Charcha’ event came at a time in my l... read more..
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Examining Female Genital Cutting and Intersectionality

By a Bohra The recent dropping of charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who is accused of performing female genital cutting on underage girls in the United States, on a constitutional technicalit... read more..
Inaugural screening of Sahiyo Stories in California
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Inaugural screening of Sahiyo Stories in California

On October 19 in Oakland, California, Sahiyo, in collaboration with StoryCenter, Asian Women’s Shelter, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence hosted a screening of Sahiyo Stories that inclu... read more..
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Female Genital Cutting charges dismissed but our work continues: Global reactions to Michigan case news

By Sahiyo On November 20, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman dismissed the female genital cutting charges in the historic Michigan case involving girls from the Dawoodi Bohra sect, emphasizing that ... read more..
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U.S. Court's dismissal of FGM/C charge in Michigan case is disappointing, but does not condone genital cutting

By Mariya TaherCo-founder, Sahiyo I was sitting in my office, reading a blog post submitted to Sahiyo by a woman doing research on Female Genital Cutting in India, when I received a phone call. I answ... read more..
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બધા નુક્શાનો શારીરિક નથી હોતા અને દરેક ધર્મ સંપૂર્ણ રીતે નૈતિક નથી હોતો

(This essay was originally published in English on September 21, 2018. Read the English version here.) લેખક : ઝીનોબીયા ઉંમર : 27 વર્ષ દેશ : ભારત આજે સોશિયલ મીડિયા પર અન્ય બાબતોની સાથે-સાથે મહિલાઓને સશ read more..
Thaal Pe Charcha Launches in California
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Thaal Pe Charcha Launches in California

On Oct 21st in Berkeley, CA, a team of Sahiyo activists organized the first California Bay Area Thaal Pe Charcha (TPC). This Sahiyo flagship program allows Bohra women to come together in a private, i... read more..
Aarefa Johari and Masooma Ranalvi discuss FGC at We the Women Bangalore
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Aarefa Johari and Masooma Ranalvi discuss FGC at We the Women Bangalore

On October 7, Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari and We Speak Out founder Masooma Ranalvi participated in a panel discussion on Female Genital Cutting in India, at the We the Women summit organised by ve... read more..
Sign the #EndFGM petition on change.org
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Sign the #EndFGM petition on change.org

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. Syedn... read more..
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Is the Dawoodi Bohra community truly as progressive as it claims to be?

By Saleha  Country of Residence: CanadaAge: 45 Having lived in South-East Asia, and being exposed to multiple races and cultures, I grew up in a very open-minded family. As a child, my family and... read more..
Introducing Sahiyo’s inaugural U.S. Advisory Board
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Introducing Sahiyo’s inaugural U.S. Advisory Board

Sahiyo is pleased to introduce our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. As our U.S. operations and programs have grown, the advisory board will provide strategic advice to the management of our organiz... read more..
Moving Beyond Cultural Relativism to a Call for Action to End Female Genital Cutting
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Moving Beyond Cultural Relativism to a Call for Action to End Female Genital Cutting

By Brionna Wiggins Earlier this year I had no idea about female genital cutting (FGC). None whatsoever. I mean, events happen all the time around the world and I’m not aware of the dozens of happening... read more..
Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 6: Effects of FGM/C on the Lower Urinary Tract System
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Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 6: Effects of FGM/C on the Lower Urinary Tract System

(This article is Part 6 of a seven-part series on trauma related to Female Genital Cutting. To read the complete series, click here. These articles should NOT be used in lieu of seeking professional m read more..
To ban or medicalise? Sri Lanka grapples with debates on Female Genital Cutting
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To ban or medicalise? Sri Lanka grapples with debates on Female Genital Cutting

(Please note that a version of this article appears on LankaWeb.com. It has been republished here with permission from the author.) By Fatima Yasmin   Country: Sri Lanka Muslim religious organisa read more..
Sahiyo Stories to host first screening in Oakland, California
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Sahiyo Stories to host first screening in Oakland, California

On October 19 in Oakland, California, Sahiyo, in collaboration with StoryCenter, Asian Women’s Shelter, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence will host a screening of Sa... read more..
Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Is it an Islamic Practice? (Part 2)
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Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Is it an Islamic Practice? (Part 2)

By Debangana Chatterjee  Though often being referred to as an Islamic practice, Female Genital Cutting (FGC) precedes both Islam and Christianity. It is believed to have originated in the Pharaon... read more..
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Work of the devil?
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Work of the devil?

By: Koen Van den BrandeAge: 56 Country: India I rarely speak of the devil. In Germany they have a saying: Du sollst den Teufel nicht an die Wand mahlenLiterally this translates to ‘Don’t paint a pictu... read more..
‘I Hope my Story Helps other Women’: A Reflection on the Sahiyo Stories Workshop
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‘I Hope my Story Helps other Women’: A Reflection on the Sahiyo Stories Workshop

By Maryah Haidery Last December I participated in a  Sahiyo activist retreat where I learned the unique power that storytelling has to teach, stimulate, and inspire audiences while offe... read more..
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What Islam says about Female Genital Cutting and how far are these texts invincible? (Part 1)

By Debangana Chatterjee A journey through religious texts helps us to validate or disprove the claims that there are religious justifications for traditional cultural practices. A similar logic applie... read more..
Topple the system- question the microaggressions
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Topple the system- question the microaggressions

By Priya Ahluwalia Priya is a 22-year-old clinical psychology student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai. She is passionate about mental health, photography, and writing. She is currently c... read more..
World Bank Group hosts an informative workshop on FGM/C
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World Bank Group hosts an informative workshop on FGM/C

On September 13, the World Bank Group hosted an informative workshop titled, “Emotional and Psychological Impact of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.” Experts and activists shared their research, exp... read more..
Sahiyo Storycenter Workshop: The Power of Storytelling
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Sahiyo Storycenter Workshop: The Power of Storytelling

By Zehra Patwa Shame. Deceit. Confusion. On the first day, sitting around a large table in a light-filled room in the StoryCenter workshop space in Berkeley, California, these words were rep... read more..
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