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The AHA Foundation is a great resource for direct services to survivors and awareness raising surrounding the issues of FGM/C. See below for more information!

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StoryCenter SahiyoVoice’s project is mobilizing a critical mass of storytellers and activists from across the globe. We bring people together to share and heal from their experiences of female ge***al mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and create short videos calling for an end to this harmful practice.

A dinner table conversation turned into a revelation, for this storyteller, who was shocked to learn that khatna (female ge***al cutting/mutilation, or FGM/C) is practiced in her Bohra Muslim community. She was aware of FGM/C but had no idea that some of the girls she grew up with may have undergone it. While her parents urge her to keep quiet about the fact that she was not cut, she chooses a different path, in speaking openly.

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Courage by Anonymous A dinner table conversation turned into a revelation, for this storyteller, who was shocked to learn that khatna (female ge***al cutting/mutilation, or FGM/C...

StoryCenter SahiyoVoices’s project is mobilizing a critical mass of storytellers from across the globe. We bring activists together to share their experiences with female ge***al mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and create short digital stories calling for an end to this harmful practice.

In this compelling story, Arefa recalls a trip to Kenya with her family when she was a child, when she was told, “If someone asks if it has been done, say yes.” Only later did she understand that her grandmother and mother were referring to khatna (female ge***al cutting/mutilation, or FGM/C). As a doctor and a mother, Arefa questions why this ritual continues within different communities, and urges parents who have decided not to subject their daughters to the tradition to share this decision with pride.

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If Someone Asks by Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH In this compelling story, Arefa recalls a trip to Kenya with her family when she was a child, when she was told, “If someone asks if it has been done, say ye...

StoryCenter SahiyoVoices’s project is mobilizing a critical mass of storytellers and activists from across the globe. We bring people together to share and heal from their experiences of female ge***al mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and create short videos calling for an end to this harmful practice.

Absa joined her peers in teasing girls who had not been cut, until she learned the devastating impacts of the practice, by participating in a women’s rights group. Since then, she has spoken against female ge***al cutting/mutilation (FGM/C) across the Gambia, in West Africa, and also in the United States, where she now resides. She struggles with the fact that she cannot convince some of her own family members that cutting is wrong.

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Please Listen by Absa Samba StoryCenter and Sahiyo, project is mobilizing a critical mass of storytellers and activists from across the globe. We bring people together ...