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⚠️Trigger warning: Female genital cutting/mutilation Nora (pseudonym) shares the trauma and pain she feels about having FGC performed on her. Like many survivors, she isn't able to talk about the taboo topic with family members or her peers. Coupled with feelings of betrayal and loss, it can
My mother subjected me to sunat perempuan, but she deeply regrets it. It ends with me. Now that I am a mother myself, I have decided not to subject my own daughter to sunat perempuan. (Fatimah)
You remove a small part, but it’s not actually a small part. (Malaysian Doctor)
⚠️Trigger warning: Female genital cutting/mutilation Nisa (pseudonym) shares the hurt she feels over her parents’ negiligence about how and what happened with her sunat procedure. For those of us who were left alone, we can’t help but ask “Why?” “Why did you?” “How…?” Many of us may not
⚠️Trigger warning: Female genital cutting/mutilation Badriya (pseudonym) shares the pain and loss she felt when she learned that FGC was performed on her. She goes through what many survivors have when they seek for answers. They keep the hurt they feel for their parents and their communities, and nurture
⚠️Trigger warning: Botched female genital cutting procedure Hannan (pseudonym) shared a horror story about how a doctor accidentally cut too much of her daughter's genitals. The fact is a baby girl's vulva is only 1.5cm. No matter how little is removed, it is significant. The
⚠️Content Warning: Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation, violent or harmful actions Fatin (pseudonym) shares her story of being a survivor of a botched FGC procedure. Medical professionals consistently invalidate our experiences of FGC or the harms that it causes but the fact is FGC is not a medical cut and can
What is Survivor Archives? Survivor Archives is a space and repository for FGC survivors in Singapore to share anecdotes, experiences and/or thoughts about the practice. For a practice that's so common, there isn't a community of (or for!) FGC survivors. We can start to build