Assuming activists is required, and retreat is required, the following results were found.

  • Sahiyo receives grant from South Asian Bar Association of North America

    community based organizations on ways to support female genital cutting (FGC) survivors; planning for our next annual Activists Retreat, where we train advocates to continue their work raising awareness against FGC; providing organizing power to FGC...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-receives-grant-from-south-asian-bar-association-of-north-america.html

  • Sahiyo receives grant from Resist

    community based organizations on ways to support female genital cutting (FGC) survivors; plan for our next annual Activists Retreat, where we train advocates to continue their work in raising awareness against FGC; provide organizing power to FGC...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-receives-grant-from-resist.html

  • Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit

    funded by the ARP Support for Survivors Program. As one of the grantees, Sahiyo U.S. has used the funding to grow our Activists Retreat Project, a program that seeks to grow a network of anti-FGC activists and survivor-advocates doing critical advocacy...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/reflecting-on-api-gbv-2024.html

  • Volunteer Spotlight: Alisha Bhagat

    Alisha is passionate about working with organizations to think systematically about a sustainable future for people and the planet. She is a futurist and strategist at Forum for the Future, a sustainability non-profit that works with companies on...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/volunteer-spolight-alisha.html

  • Sahiyo's Second Annual Retreat: A Space for Healing and Reflection

    Photograph of Maryum Saifee at Activist Retreat By Maryum Saifee In late March, I participated in Sahiyo’s Second Annual Retreat for survivors and allies in the campaign to end female genital mutilation (FGM). Attendees from the first retreat commented...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyos-second-annual-retreat-healing.html

  • My Reflections on Sahiyo’s Activist Retreat and my advocacy on ending FGM/C in the U.S.

    By Alifya Sulemanji Sahiyo organized a retreat for FGM survivors and activists in January 2018. I attended the retreat because I am a survivor and I was interested in learning about different views, challenges and perspectives of other survivors and...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/reflections-retreat-advocacy.html

  • The U.S. Sahiyo retreat taught me there are different ways of being Bohri in America, and we can all end FGC

    By Alisha Bhagat Khatna, and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) evoke strong responses. It is seen as a human rights violation, is attributed to the “backwardness” of Islamic peoples, and is a critical part of cultural heritage. For those of us within the...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/bohri-in-america.html

  • Why I care about khatna: Reflections from the 2019 Sahiyo Activist Retreat

    By Alisha Bhagat I first found out about female genital cutting, or khatna, in my community in my twenties; my mother told me it had been done to her. At the time I was shocked. I thought this was something that happened to other people in far off...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/why-i-care-about-khatna.html

  • Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa

    Sahiyo U.S. will host its second annual Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction with the goal of raising $15,000 in support of our work to end female genital cutting. The auction will open on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 and close on Sunday, March 10th,...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-s-silent-auction-donor-spotlight-zehra-patwa.html

  • Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Communications intern Amena Ali

    Communications intern Amena Ali lives in Houston, Texas, and her all-time obsessions are tea and cat videos. She has a degree in psychology, but is currently working as a personal stylist. She is passionate about mental health, and she’s made it her...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-volunteer-spotlight-communications-intern-amena-ali.html

  • Sahiyo Hosts 'Thaal Pe Charcha' Iftar Party in Mumbai

    On May 11, Sahiyo India hosted a special Thaal Pe Charcha “Iftar” dinner in Mumbai during the holy month of Ramzan. The event was attended by 24 women and men from the Bohra community, who came together to break their Ramzan fasts and also mark two...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/thaal-pe-charcha-iftar-party.html

  • Healing as Activism: One cannot give from an empty cup

    By Anonymous Emotional burnout looms over my head like my very own Sword of Damocles, waiting to strike me down for being woefully human. But the above saying travels with me, like my shield against self-doubt, offering ownership of my humanity,...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/one-cannot-give-from-an-empty-cup.html

  • Sahiyo Discusses: A Fractured Life by Shabnam Samuel

    Sahiyo invites you to join the second iteration of Sahiyo Discusses! Designed to bring people together through literature, art, and media, Sahiyo Discusses hosts quarterly meetings with activists and allies in Sahiyo’s network to discuss a chosen piece...

    https://sahiyo.org/component/jevents/event/21/-.html?Itemid=0

  • Digital advocacy on female genital cutting in the time of COVID-19

    By Miranda Dobson “For many parents in the Bohra community who are thinking about having their daughters undergo female genital cutting, the delay that COVID-19 has caused is likely not a big deal, as it can happen any time from age 7. There is no time...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/digital-advocacy-on-female-genital-cutting.html

  • Sahiyo partners with FAWCO to lead an educational webinar on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States

    By Beth Fotheringham On the 16th of September, the FAWCO Target Team collaborated with Sahiyo for an educational webinar about FGM/C in the United States. The webinar sought to highlight the essential work Sahiyo does in their work to end FGC and...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-partners-fawco-lead-educational-webinar-female-genital-mutilation-cutting-united-states.html

  • Sahiyo’s Book Club to hold second event in February

    Event: Sahiyo Discusses: A Fractured Life by Shabnam Samuel Date: February 6th, 2022 Tme: 10 am EST Registration Link: https://bit.ly/SahiyoDiscusses Sahiyo invites you to join the second iteration of Sahiyo Discusses! Designed to bring people together...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-book-club-second-event-february.html

  • Sahiyo’s Book Club Holds Second Event In February 

    Event: Sahiyo Discusses: A Fractured Life by Shabnam Samuel Date: February 6th, 2022 Tme: 10 am EST Registration Link: https://bit.ly/SahiyoDiscusses Sahiyo invites you to join the second iteration of Sahiyo Discusses! Designed to bring people together...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-book-club-second-event-february%20.html

  • Sahiyo releases July 2021-June 2022 Annual Report

    We’re excited to release our July 2021 to June 2022 Annual Report and hope you’ll take the time to learn more about how we’ve been working to end female genital cutting (FGC). Over the past year at Sahiyo, we expanded our programs with the support of...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-releases-annual-report-from-july-2021-to-june-2022.html

  • I attended the U.S. Bohra Activist Retreat because I hope to see an end to FGM/C in my lifetime

    By Rashida Rangwala The practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Bohra community has been a secret and taboo subject for generations. Even today with the education, media and public stories from the survivors who have undergone FGC,...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/i-attended-retreat.html

  • My inner healing at Sahiyo's Activist Retreat in the U.S.

    By Anonymous Country: United States Age: 34 To be honest, it was hard for me to make the decision to go to the Sahiyo Activist Retreat earlier this year. I grew up in the Dawoodi Bohra community in India, and having had my share of challenges with the...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/my-inner-healing.html

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