Savitri – India
November 24, 2020
Like many in India’s marginalized communities, Savitri* and her husband Parshu work as labourers in the informal sector, wh...
Kamla and Gudiya – India
November 24, 2020
Kamla* is a young mother of four. One night while her husband was away for work, she fed her children and put them to bed. Wh...
Reena and Roshani – India
November 24, 2020
One day, Reena* and Roshani* went to gather firewood along a dirt road by a field. Both in their twenties, Reena was six mont...
Rekha – India
November 24, 2020
Rekha, a 16-year-old Dalit girl, visited a grocery shop in her neighbourhood. At the store, the 46-year-old shop owner offere...
Pallavi – India
November 24, 2020
Pallavi* was 16-years-old and on the way to visit her grandmother when she was kidnapped and gang-raped by 12 young men. They...
Saza – Singapore
March 17, 2020
FGM/C is documented amongst the Malay community in Singapore, where it is known as ‘sunat’. The Malay community makes u...
Rena – Indonesia
March 17, 2020
Rena Herdiyani is the vice-chairperson of Kalyanamitra, a women’s rights organization in Indonesia that has been doing advo...
Habiba – Oman
March 17, 2020
Habiba al Hinai is an Omani women’s rights activist, and Founder and Executive Director of the Omani Associa...
Serat – Canada
March 17, 2020
FGM is illegal in Canada. With diaspora communities from across Africa and the Middle East, it is estimated that over 80,000 ...
Rayehe – Iran
March 17, 2020
Rayehe Mozafarian set up Stop FGM Iran, after writing her thesis on FGM in Iran in 2014, which was published as a book titled...
Masooma – India
March 17, 2020
Masooma Ranalvi is the founder of WeSpeakOut, an organization working to end FGM/C in India. My mutilation happened when I wa...
Jenny – US
March 17, 2020
FGM/C is widely known to take place amongst diaspora communities in the United States. Less known are the stories of FGM/C oc...