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3. About - Our Story
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4. Reflecting on “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change” at CSW 69
(News & Blog)
... her own community in Singapore and the broader diaspora. She expressed hope that her story might resonate with communities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei, where similar experiences are generally underrepresented, ...
Created on 21 March 2025
5. Reframing FGM/C Through an Intersectional Lens at CSW69
(News & Blog)
... and global reframing of the issue: Affirmation 1: FGM/C is a Global Issue Speakers Saza Fardilla (Asia Network to End FGM/C and End FGC Singapore), and Line Baago-Rasmussen (UNICEF), used the latest ...
Created on 18 March 2025
6. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
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In October 2024 I participated in the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week (AQLW), in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus. I represented the End FGC Singapore campaign and was awarded the Sahiyo ...
Created on 06 February 2025
7. Sahiyo research uplifts how intersectionality impacts the movement to end FGM/C this February 6th
(News & Blog)
... to Female Genital Cutting since 2012 and is a co-founder of Sahiyo, an organisation working to end FGC. Saza Faradilla (she/they) is a co-founder of End Female Genital Cutting Singapore, which envisions ...
Created on 06 February 2025
8. Reflecting on the webinar "Youth Advocates Against Female Genital Cutting - A Conversation on Change
(News & Blog)
... and far, with some folks tuning in from the city of Chicago and others from Singapore!  Panelists at the event shared how youth are uniquely positioned to challenge entrenched norms and misconceptions ...
Created on 14 November 2024
9. Upcoming Equality Now media training
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... practitioners reporting on the prevalence of FGM/C in Asia in an effective way.  The practice of FGM/C has been recorded in Asian countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, Maldives, Malaysia, the Philippines, ...
Created on 08 December 2023
10. Activist Saza Faradilla and End FGC Singapore spread awareness about FGC
(News & Blog)
... and values. Sahiyo’s Editorial Assistant Urvashi Sharma interviewed Saza Faradilla, a community-based activist in Singapore, to discuss how she engages in community-based activism when it comes to  the ...
Created on 26 September 2023
11. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... End FGC Singapore volunteer Afiqa (she/they), lawyer, activist, and writer Umme Kulsoon Arif (she/they), and pelvic and gynecologic surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers (she/her).  Oftentimes, LGBTQ+ and non-binary ...
Created on 01 August 2022
12. PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website
(News & Blog)
... countries, including the United States, Canada, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Chad, and more. The storytellers represent a range of ages, economic statuses, cultural ...
Created on 29 July 2022
13. A love letter to my mother who cut me
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... Malay drama in question was the first season of Jeritan Sepi, a Singaporean Malay TV drama from the early 2000s that my mom and I would sit in front of our boxy TV set for. Watching her, I could tell she ...
Created on 31 May 2022
14. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
...      Afiqa (she/they) is a Malay Muslim gender-nonconforming survivor of FGC in Singapore. They volunteer with End FGC Singapore, a community-led campaign aiming to empower Muslim communities in Singapore ...
Created on 25 May 2022
15. Reflecting on the 'How to Stop The Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia' webina
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... to the aura of silence that surrounds the practice. A lack of questioning falsely leads people to believe that FGC is necessary for socio-cultural or religious reasons. In Singapore 20.5% of doctors carry ...
Created on 09 February 2022
16. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
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... co-founder of End Female Genital Cutting Singapore (End FGC SG) whose vision is a Singapore where FGC is obsolete. Some of their activities include organising panels on the social, religious and medical ...
Created on 14 January 2022
17. Sahiyo India to host a panel discussion on ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
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... gender rights activists from India and Singapore who specialise in sexual and reproductive health. The medicalisation of female genital cutting (FGC) is an increasing issue in a number of Asian countries; ...
Created on 03 January 2022
18. A reflection on the medical perspectives on female genital cutting (FGC) webinar
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By: Amela Tokić On October 9th, 2021, community-led movement End FGC Singapore, which strives to empower Muslim communities in Singapore to end the practice of female genital cutting (FGC), hosted a ...
Created on 14 October 2021
19. Sahiyo in the Media
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... India’s Bohra  Sahiyo posted on Orchid Project website  Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/Conference in Singapore Journalist opens up about ‘khatna’ among ...
Created on 02 March 2021
20. Survivor Support Resources
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... to advocate for an end to all forms of FGM/C in the region. SINGAPORE - AWARE - AWARE works to remove all gender-based barriers so as to allow individuals in Singapore to develop their potential to the ...
Created on 04 December 2020
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      • Critical Intersections
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