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...
Tasneem – Sri Lanka
March 17, 2020
In Sri Lanka, FGM/C takes place amongst the Moor, Malay, and Bohra communities. There is little research available on the pre...
Aisha – Singapore
March 17, 2020
FGM/C is documented amongst the Malay community in Singapore, where it is known as ‘sunat’. The Malay community makes up ...
Darya – Iran
March 17, 2020
Whilst there is no nationally representative data on FGM/C prevalence in Iran, various studies surveying women and girls from...
Mubaraka – India
March 17, 2020
In India, FGM/C is mainly prevalent in the Bohra community, with a 2018 study estimating 75% of daughters (aged 7 and above) ...
Madam K – Sierra Leone
March 12, 2020
People know me as Madam K. I am 42 years old. I am a teacher by profession and love working with girls because I know how inv...