"It's just so different from my mom's expectations … I kind of feel like I'm disappointing her a little bit, you know?" - Afiqa Mariya speaks with three Voices storytellers representing issues and communities not typically included in discussions of FGM/C: Comfort talks about labial pulling, a little-known practice in...
"When people bring it up, it's an opportunity to ground FGM/C within the world of violence against girls and women." - ArefaVoices storyteller Arefa Cassoobhoy introduces this detailed exploration of the 2017 legal case against a Bohra physician in Michigan, which made headline news and put the topic of FGM/C on...
"By the gestures, at the beginning, it seemed like a friendly conversation…" - JonathanVoices alumni Su and her husband Jonathan talk with Mariya about grappling with the realities of FGM/C in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community. Both Su and Mariya grew up in Bohra households, and together, they explore the...
"Suddenly she was gone. Today, she was playing with us outside, and tomorrow, she was not there anymore." - Angela Angela Peabody, who shared a story in a Voices workshop in Washington, DC, speaks frankly about the experiences that led to her commitment to ending FGM/C. Amy provides context for the...
"My memory blocked it out, because it was so damn painful on so many different levels." - Shabana Mariya and Amy are joined by Voices storyteller Shabana Feroze, who speaks of her journey through the rage she felt when she learned she had been cut, and licensed therapist Joanna Vergoth,...
"It took me a very long time to get to where I am now and talk about things as openly as I do. " - MariyaMariya Taher and Amy Hill, the original co-founders of Voices to End FGM/C, interview each other, weaving a conversation about the value and risks of...
By Anonymous Why did you want to attend the workshop and share your story? I attended the workshop to finally tell my story and give it the voice it deserves. I have never talked about my experience before, and as someone who wants to help other people share their stories,...
Sahiyo U.S., StoryCenter, and Asian Women’s Shelter would like to announce that recruitment is open for our 2023 Voices to End FGM/C hybrid digital storytelling workshop. Since 2015, Sahiyo has provided various storytelling platforms for survivors and community members around the world to share their experiences of female genital cutting...
By Umme I play a lot of video games. I watch even more video essays about video games. Written and recorded by people who’ve made careers out of literary analysis, these videos feel a bit like a virtual book club, joining with thousands of other viewers and commenters to play,...
By Lakshmi Anantnarayan I recently attended Sahiyo and Story Center’s Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling workshop to share my experience as an anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) advocate. I certainly did not expect the process to be so enlightening and personally fulfilling! Though my work to end FGM goes back more than...
Voices to End FGM/C is mobilizing a critical mass of storytellers and activists from across the globe by bringing them together to share and heal from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), connect and grow as leaders, and create short videos calling for an end to this harmful practice.
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