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In the Bohra community, khatna is equivalent to Type I or Type IV FGM as classified by the World Health Organization. The actual practice, as described in Daim ul Islam, is the removal of the prepuce tissue off the clitoris.

We will strive to work for equal rights for Bohra women in all spheres of life. Specifically, on FGM, we all agree that the practice has no place in our lives and want it banned.

At the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, India Receives First Ever Recommendation To Tackle the Issue of Female Genital Mutilation at a National Level For the first time since India’s human rights records were evaluated at the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, in Geneva, a United Nations Member State has acknowledged and urged India to devise a national plan to address the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country… Read more ›

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