On March 16, at a storytelling event in Mumbai, four actors narrated the personal stories of four women survivors of a practice called khatna. A form of ritualistic female genital circumcision that ...

Should a woman be circumcised to moderate her sexual urges? Some members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect, part of the Shia community – spread primarily across Gujarat and Maharashtra – believe so, even ...

Samina, a survivor, read about female genital mutilation, commonly understood as khatna, prevelant in the Bohra community through an article. It was only then that she realized an ordeal of the past ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “This story isn’t going away,” said one friend over the phone. We both grew up in the ...

Activists against Female Genital Mutilation recognise the fourth estate as a powerful ally in helping put an end to the practice Five women from different parts of the world but bound by a common ...

Mumbai: The arrest of Detroit-based emergency room physician Dr. Jumana Nagarwala and two others in connection with female genital mutilation (FGM) of two minor girls in the United States has once ...

"I am a father and I am against khatna,” reads a sign Yusuf holds over his face in a picture attached to a blog post. Since last year, brave Dawoodi Bohras have been breaking the silence surrounding ...

The discourse on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) gets shriller, thanks to two Dawoodi Bohra Muslim non-profit organisations called Sahiyo and We Speak Out, fighting to abolish khatna or female ...

COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When her daughter turned seven, and it was time for the "khatna" - a female genital mutilation (FGM) ritual - a close friend advised Naqiyah to try the butter ...

The Hindu contacted the office of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin and asked for the leader’s response to the accusations of the activists and reformers. The Syedna’s spokesperson declined to comment, but ...

On the one hand are those who claim it’s an integral part of their faith; on the other are survivors who argue that the practice is damaging, violates the rights of the girl child. A petition seeking ...