My journey as a volunteer at Sahiyo has taught me so much and connected me with an amazing community of people. A few highlights:
● Helping with Female Genital Cutting 101 Training online
● Contributing researcher opinion blogs
● Volunteering at UN CSW70 parallel event in New York
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This article by Syeda Vania Ali on Female Genital Cutting quotes my thoughts and opinions on using a compassionate, contextual and community-focused approach that drives social change from within.

Read my book review for "Feminisms of our Mothers: Essays from Pakistan". Glad to see it published in the latest issue, Lilith: A Feminist History Journal.

"As a researcher I'm always questioning, is this the right thing to do? Am I doing it in the correct way? And if I put this out, I hope I'm putting it out in a responsible way that does not harm a community. That's why there was a whole chapter on methodology..."
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In this blog, I highlight the need to address Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in Pakistan through context, care, and compassion. Originally published by Asian Network to End FGM/C and now republished by Sahiyo
#FemaleGenitalCutting #FGC #CommunityConversation

Sharing an old post I wrote during my PhD when I was exploring Reflexive Thematic Analysis.
The reflexive process cannot be determined by an ethics board or reviewing committee - it is a journey..
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#QualitativeResearch #Positionality #Reflexivity

Pakistan is a hetero normative Sunni man
"During my undergraduate studies in Karachi, we had a small photocopy shop that breached every stipulation of copyright law...Pakistan’s majority Muslim Sunni rule is an indicator of Sunni preference."
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Starting conversations on Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in simple Urdu is important. Reasons for FGC are mentioned below. #FemaleGenitalCutting #Language
There have been discussions on the use of "cut", "mutilation" and "circumcision".
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New publication 🎉
I'm excited to share that my latest publication case study, "How to conduct intersectional feminist research with sensitive data in a precarious setting" was published in Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy.

Navigating
#ReflexiveThematicAnalysis
as research students can be quite the journey. While resources are helpful, I thought it would be helpful to create a student support group for RTA so that students can share their journey and challenges during the research journey.

Finally writing on Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) and how it helped surface my researcher positionality and subjectivity as a Pakistani Sunni Muslim woman navigating another community. How RTA allowed for an intersectional and contextual approach to understand Female Genital Cutting.