Sahiyo in the Media

FGC in Dawoodi Bohra Community

FGC in Asia:

• FGC in Asia and the Middle East Map
• Following our report, Facebook removes ‘Islamic Female Circumcision’ page promoting FGM
• Report on Female Genital Mutilation in Dagestan Sparks Controversy in Russia
• Factbox: The hidden cut: female genital mutilation in Asia
• UNESCAP: Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: culture, human rights and violence against women
• Courageous Alumna Speaks Out for Maldivian Women
• What you need to know about Female Genital Mutilation in Asia 
• A Truly Global Effort is Needed to Eradicate FGM by 2030
• Activist push for end to female genital mutilation
• Southeast Asia’s Hidden Female Genital Mutilation Challenge
• Asia Network to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Consultation Report

FGC in Australia:

• Women Speak Out on Female Genital Mutilation in Australia
• Genital mutilation convictions overturned after new evidence showing victims remain intact
• High Court to hear appeal on female genital mutilation and prosecutors’ push for retrial
• High Court upholds NSW genital mutilation convictions

FGC in Canada:

• Canada lifts silence on FGM
• It’s Time for Canada To Play Its Part In Ending Female Genital Mutilation
• FGM, A Bitter Reality: Canada Needs To Do More
• Female Genital Mutilation in Canada and the Limits to Criminalization

FGC in Colombia:

• Female genital mutilation in Colombia more common than assumed: UN
• ‘Cut with a blade’: Colombia indigenous groups discuss FGM

FGC in Egypt:

• Egypt: The Law and FGM

FGC and Islam:

• Islam and female circumcision
• Muslim doctors against female circumcision
• Debunking the Myth that Islam Requires Female Genital Circumcision
• Unmuting the Tabooed: FGM and Muslim Women’s Rights

FGC in India:

• Existing Indian laws can be used to fight female circumcision
• FGM carried out in Kerala too, Sahiyo study
• Female genital cutting prevalent in literate Kerala
• “Heartwrenching’ study shows FGM prevalent among India’s Bohra sect 
• The Clitoral Hood – A Contested Site: khafd of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in India
• Center Urges SC to Issue Directions to Curb Female Genital Mutilation in India
• Bodily Integrity of a Woman Cannot be Infringed, SC Observes in PIL Seeking Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

FGC in Indonesia:

• Increasing understanding of FGC in Indonesia: A field study by Islamic Relief Canada
• A Cutting Tradition
• Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Indonesia
• Ending FGM/C through Education and Community Engagement

FGC in Iran:

• Female Genital Mutilation practiced in Iran, study reveals
• The Changing Paradigms of FGM/C
• Russian clinic in row over female genital cutting

FGC in Malaysia:

• DPM maintains that female circumcision is part of Malaysian culture
• Stop female circumcision, it has no medical benefit, says women’s groups
• Female Genital Cutting in Malaysia: A mixed-methods study
• Malyasia’s anti-FGM advocates: Leave our bodies alone 

FGC in Oman

• FGM Study in Oman Shows High Prevalence All Over The Country

FGC in Pakistan:

• Violated Hopes: My Struggle to Report on Female Genital Cutting in Pakistan
• I Asked Bohri Women About Their Practice Of Female Genital Cutting Or Female “Khatna” And Here’s What They Had To Say
• An Understanding of FGM: Women of the ‘Bohra Community’ who are circumcised and it’s socio-sexual effects
• Why is it so difficult to talk about female genital cutting in Pakistan?

FGC in Philippines: 

• Pag-Islam: An Exploratory Action Research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Practices in the Bangsamoro Region, Philippines

FGC in Russia:

• Female circumcision in Moscow clinic sparks ‘complete shock’
• Russia Furore over FGM in mainly Muslim Dagestan
• Activists Call For Investigation Into Cases of Female Genital Mutilation, Saying It Would Be A First For Russia

FGC in Saudi Arabia:

• New Study Showing Scale of FGM in Saudi Arabia Surprises Rights Activists

FGC in Singapore:

• “A Tiny Cut”: Female Circumcision in South East Asia – An Overview of FGC in Malay community
• Female genital mutilation: The women fighting against Singapore’s hidden human rights violation

FGC in Sri Lanka:

FGC in the United States:

FGC in the United Kingdom:

• UK Serious Crime Act 2015 Legislation – FGM Fact Sheet
• Female Genital Mutilation: Legislation, policy, and guidance
• Dawoodi Bohras in London Told to Stop Female Circumcision
• Calls For Compulsory School Teaching Of FGM
• UK Home Office Multi-agency statutory guidance on FGM
• The Female Genital Mutilation Survivors Teaches Victims How To Enjoy Sex
• Vagina surgery ‘sought by girls as young as nine’
• Perception and barriers: reporting female genital mutilation

COVID and FGC 

• Is the Pandemic Causing a Surge in Female Genital Mutilation

Interventions used to End FGC: 

Research Studies on FGC