International Day of Zero Tolerance from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

In commemoration of International Day of Zero Tolerance from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February, Beyond the Hijab ran a 6-part series of blog posts by women living in Singapore about their thoughts and reflections on the practice of female circumcision in Singapore.

1. Let’s Talk about “Sunat Perempuan”
2. Leave Them Alone
3. My Body Is Not Mine – A Muslim woman’s commentary on body autonomy
4. The Pain of Remembering
5. The Problem of Sunat Perempuan
6. The Sacred Self

Information and resources on sunat perempuan in Singapore

Video/Infographic

• 4-part video series on FGM in Singapore
• A (Seemingly Innocuous) Cut / Adakah Sunat Perempuan Tidak Bermasalah
• Infographic

Reading materials

• Singapore comes under pressure over female genital cutting of babies
• The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore
• A cut, unseen
• Marranci, G. (2015). Female circumcision in multicultural Singapore: The hidden cut. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 26(2), 276-292.

 

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