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21. Join Us at Sahiyos Activists Retreat
(News & Blog)
... their community to abandon FGC  Develop a safe space for individuals to learn more about the issue of FGC Build everybody’s overall capacity to engage in activism, including sharing knowledge, resources, ...
Created on 14 May 2024
22. Volunteer Spotlight: Programs Intern Sophia Jones
(News & Blog)
... execute  webinars on  topics related to FGC. I have spent the past several months researching and planning for a webinar on quiet activism and the psychosocial impacts of FGC. Additionally, I support the ...
Created on 15 April 2024
23. Presenting “Quiet Activism and the Psychosocial Impacts of Female Genital Cutting”
(News & Blog)
Event Overview Join us on April 25, 2024, at 12 PM EST for an enlightening webinar titled “Quiet Activism and the Psychosocial Impacts of Female Genital Cutting.” We are honored to feature speakers Arefa ...
Created on 11 April 2024
24. U.S. Activists Retreat 2024 Frequently Asked Questions
(News & Blog)
... to allow activists to get together over the course of an entire weekend to build community, find support, and plan for future activism to end FGM/C. We ask that retreat attendees be able to attend all ...
Created on 09 April 2024
25. Reflections on Pain, Stigma, and Activism
(News & Blog)
By Tanya Samyak On December 6, 2023, Sahiyo organized a webinar titled Pain, Stigma and Sexual Health: Healing through Storytelling in collaboration with TightLipped, a grassroots organization supporting ...
Created on 09 April 2024
26. A Space to Belong: My Reflection on the 2023 Activist Retreat
(News & Blog)
... I’ve always thought that FGC activism was a young person's job. Our generation was doing the work, because previous generations had ostensibly failed us.  So I was really blindsided – yet also impressed ...
Created on 01 April 2024
27. Join us for Sahiyo’s 8th annual Activists Retreat
(News & Blog)
... to learn more about the issue of FGC Build individuals' overall capacity to engage in activism, including sharing knowledge, resources, and networks  Following the workshop, Sahiyo will support activists ...
Created on 19 March 2024
28. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Kaneez Madraswall
(News & Blog)
... women to support and uplift each other, and is passionate about embodying this in her involvement with Sahiyo and other activism. When and how did your involvement with Sahiyo first begin?   I first ...
Created on 02 March 2024
29. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Zehra Patw
(News & Blog)
... and the Activist Retreat in particular has helped me. I think the retreat has been one of the highlights for me personally in my activism, so, that's why we need the auction to keep these programs going. ...
Created on 29 February 2024
30. Staff Spotlight Community Engagement Coordinator: Samman Masud
(News & Blog)
... rights violations in the U.S. and abroad. Samman is excited to utilize her experiences in human rights advocacy, particularly her strengths in gender justice and intersectional feminist activism to address ...
Created on 13 February 2024
31. Musuya (Womanhood)
(News & Blog)
...  S Danso is a Gambian National and a legal practitioner with over eight years of experience in community work and activism focusing on equality, inclusion and social justice. Currently, she is the ...
Created on 12 January 2024
32. Grief to promoting education: Jacqueline’s inspiration to end FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... to bring together stakeholders and chiefs” to work towards ending it. Years later, her activism led her to attend the 2023 Women Deliver Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda. At the conference, Jacqueline ...
Created on 02 January 2024
33. Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities
(News & Blog)
... her activism work.  “The more I worked , the more I realized how unaware society is about the practice and how dangerous that can be.” “I have been working with Wadi for six years now, ...
Created on 02 January 2024
34. A Plan in Action: Reflecting on the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National ARP Convening
(News & Blog)
... Retreat, that annual opportunity for survivors and activists to come together for community, companionship, and healing. These retreats serve as an essential part of Sahiyo’s activism—and our self-care. ...
Created on 12 December 2023
35. Passion, Purpose, Party: My take on Sahiyo's Activists Retrea
(News & Blog)
... ultimately leading me to finally attend the Sahiyo in-person Activists Retreat in 2023. My activism and journey came full circle when I sat around the beautiful living room of a fellow Sahiyo member who ...
Created on 08 December 2023
36. Reflecting on the 2023 Activists Retreat
(News & Blog)
... movements. I noticed that the activists, from various age groups and diverse personal and professional backgrounds were able to comfortably share their experiences of FGC and anti-FGC activism in a safe ...
Created on 15 November 2023
37. Survivors Speak: Stories of Healing and Action
(News & Blog)
...  In honor of the 2023 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence global campaign (November 25 through December 10), the three organizations are collaborating to offer a safe, online space for individuals ...
Created on 14 November 2023
38. Activist Saza Faradilla and End FGC Singapore spread awareness about FGC
(News & Blog)
By Megan Seaver An essential part of the work to end female genital cutting (FGC) is to engage in community-based activism, which means to serve a specific group of people with a specific set of needs ...
Created on 26 September 2023
39. Join us in-person at Sahiyo's 2023 Activists Retrea
(News & Blog)
... with one another, offering sympathy and support, was an experience I will never forget, and I am incredibly grateful for it. Activism is work. Whether private or public, it can feel very exhausting to ...
Created on 17 August 2023
40. Volunteer spotlight: Editorial Intern Megan Seaver
(News & Blog)
... position posting on my school's internship board and was attracted to the ways in which Sahiyo uses storytelling as a form of activism.  What does your work with Sahiyo involve? My work involves editing ...
Created on 20 July 2023