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  • Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo editorial intern Jenny Cordle

    were cut. Sahiyo has given me that opportunity. I have been writing about my time in Mali and I will get to share those stories through Sahiyo’s platform, which is an honor. Working with Sahiyo has been an educational experience that has taught me more...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/spotlight-sahiyo-editorial-intern-jenny-cordle.html

  • Utilizing Participatory Storytelling to Educate - A session at APHA 2019

    Pennsylvania to discuss the Voices to End FGM/C project. Participants were able to view a sample of the digital stories created by survivors. They were also able to learn how by utilizing participatory storytelling methods, we can educate communities,...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/utilizing-participatory-storytelling.html

  • Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo Social Media Intern Kavya Palavalasa

    had the opportunity to witness a movement that allows women to encounter their experiences and their bodies as beautiful stories to be narrated, and not just as legal facts. It has been wonderful to closely observe and support this community of kind,...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/intern-spotlight-kavya-palavalasa.html

  • Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation

    about telling a young lady that age that you need to make yourself this way for a man. You’re not good enough. There’s even stories about women who get returned from their marriage — that they need to go and pull that labia longer. It’s very damaging to...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/survivor-why-labia.html

  • Voices Series: Finding my voice through storytelling on female genital mutilation/cutting

    I met with a group of amazing participants and facilitators. From the participants I learned various experience and stories and felt that we had a sense of solidarity and strength from sharing the perspectives. It is empowering to learn that each of us...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-finding-my-voice.html

  • Voices Series: The power of naming

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. by Comfort Dondo As an African immigrant, I come from a place of oral...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-the-power-of-naming.html

  • Voices Series: Why I believe in the power of storytelling

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Shabana Feroze I participated in the Voices To End FGM/C project by...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-why-i-believe.html

  • Voices Series: How I learned to tell my FGM/C story

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Saza Faradilla Creating this digital narrative alongside other women...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-how-i-learned.html

  • Voices Series: Why I'm grateful for sharing my story of Female Genital Cutting

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Anonymous Honestly, I have never felt like a victim. What I am here...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-why-im-grateful.html

  • Voices Series: Why we must continue to protect our girls

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Rhobi Samwelly I decided to share a story about my experience with...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-why-we-must-continue.html

  • Voices Series: A Reflection on a nine-month journey

    lives, as a shadow, as a fear, a vacillation, whenever we have to deal with our bodies. How much better could I tell these stories, as I vividly remembered them, if not using the format of a poem? Verses that revive and denounce. Additionally, it was...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-a-reflection-on-a-nine-month-journey.html

  • How I learned female genital mutilation is happening in India

    to engage in dialogue with the community to find a collective solution toward ending FGM. The materials, information, and stories shared created a lot of change and awareness. A video that came out in 2018 of three firsthand accounts of khata in India...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/how-i-learned-female-genital.html

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

    messages, and to great success. They’ve held webinars with over 300 people in attendance, and continue to share survivor stories on their social channels through a project with StoryCenter called Voices to End FGM/C. Aarefa shared how Sahiyo India is...

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

  • Sahiyo co-founder gives keynote address at festival

    text. While also acknowledging the role and support of digital activists and media, she highlighted the importance of the stories keeping the interest of people who have undergone the practice at the forefront of all communication. The keynote address...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/sahiyo-co-founder-gives-keynote.html

  • Khatna within the Bohra community: A Struggle of Tradition and Modernity

    and We Speak Out in their reports, and Goswami’s documentary A Pinch of Skin, I found a few overarching themes within their stories. Khatna was seen as a religious and traditional practice, and was considered to be a tool to control women’s sexuality,...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/khatna-within-the-bohra-community-struggle-tradition-modernity.html

  • Voices Series: Why I, as an artist, collaborated with survivors of FGM/C

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Esther Elia As an artist, I wait for moments like the Voices to End...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-why-i-as-an-artist.html

  • What I learned about FGC at Sahiyo’s Virtual Activist Retreat

    the activism. The main reason I attended Sahiyo’s Virtual Activist Retreat was to learn more about the activism, and the stories about how it’s affected my community. There were two sessions that stood out to me. The first being the Speaker Series where...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/what-i-learned-about-fgc.html

  • Voices Series: Why I create art that evokes hope for survivors of FGM/C

    storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Musfira Shaffi Working on this project was challenging in many ways....

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/voices-series-why-i-create-art.html

  • Why I shared my experience at Voices to End FGM/C with the medical community

    in the hope to provide a form of care that encompasses all factions of patients’ lives. Meeting and listening to the stories of these wonderful women empowered me to discover my role in ending FGM/C. My role, I determined, was to increase awareness...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/why-i-shared-my-experience.html

  • To my surprise, my friend defended khatna

    betraying their religion, especially if they talk about it to an outsider, a Jain like myself. Gradually, I started reading stories about FGM/C through initiatives by organizations such as Sahiyo. Fortunately, it made me realize that as an outsider to...

    https://sahiyo.org/sahiyo-blog/to-my-surprise-my-friend-defended-khatna.html

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