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1. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
2. About - The Team
Created on 30 November -0001
3. 2025 Comedy Show & Auction Sponsor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... in some way, click here to donate. Today, we’re highlighting Zehra Patwa, who currently serves as Chair of the Sahiyo US Advisory Board. She is also the co-founder of WeSpeakOut, an organization that ...
Created on 06 March 2025
4. Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference 2024
(News & Blog)
... to ending female genital cutting worldwide from October 28-29, along with Community Engagement Coordinator Samman Masud as well as Advisory Board Members Nesha Abiraj and Absa Samba. Held at The George ...
Created on 18 November 2024
5. Interview with Zehra Patwa of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... U.S.’s Advisory Board Chair and co-founder of WeSpeakOut.  When she was in her 40s, Patwa discovered that FGM/C was taking place in the Dawoodi Bohra community she belongs to. “I was shown an interview ...
Created on 20 October 2024
6. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... LeMay. For this second blog, she talked to Joanne Golden, a member of the Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board and an attorney working in Massachusetts. Juliet and Joanne discussed how listening to survivors and ...
Created on 04 September 2024
7. Sahiyo Teams Up With Womankind for an FGC 101 Training
(News & Blog)
On August 14th 2024, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Member, Kaneez Madraswalla, led a FGC 101 training in collaboration with Womankind in New York City. Womankind is a leading organization dedicated to supporting ...
Created on 22 August 2024
8. The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Jo Keogh
(News & Blog)
... a member of the Advisory Board at Sahiyo, is a founding member of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C. She is passionate about issues surrounding the practice of FGM/C due to her background as a mental ...
Created on 30 April 2024
9. Building Support for the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C After Failure in 2024 Legislative Session
(News & Blog)
... efforts to build a stronger coalition to address this issue in legislation. Zehra Patwa, a survivor of FGM/C, U.S Advisory Board member for Sahiyo, and CT resident outlines the disappointment many feel ...
Created on 23 April 2024
10. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Arefa Cassoobho
(News & Blog)
... advisory board in 2021-2023. She is also a board certified internal medicine physician and has held various senior editing and writing roles at the likes of Everyday Health, WebMD, and Medscape. When ...
Created on 06 March 2024
11. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Kaneez Madraswall
(News & Blog)
... our second donor: Kaneez Madraswalla. Kaneez is Sahiyo’s U.S. Advisory Board Member and a trained lawyer. She works as the Vice-President of Compliance at QBE North America, where she also co-leads the ...
Created on 02 March 2024
12. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Zehra Patw
(News & Blog)
... too, would like to contribute in some way,  click here to donate auction items, money, or sponsor the event. Today, we’re profiling Zehra Patwa, who serves on Sahiyo’s U.S. Advisory Board. She is also ...
Created on 29 February 2024
13. Jo Keogh reflects on the 2023 Women Deliver Conference
(News & Blog)
... people online. Amongst those attending the conference was Jo Keogh, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board member as well as a founding member of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C. She reflects on her experience ...
Created on 16 August 2023
14. Sahiyo welcomes Kaneez Madraswalla as new U.S. Advisory Board Member
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is eager to welcome Kaneez Madraswalla as our newest U.S. Advisory Board Member. A resident of New Jersey, Kaneez Madraswalla is a trained lawyer and Vice-President of Compliance at QBE North America, ...
Created on 14 August 2023
15. Roundtable on Systems Change to Address FGM/C Perspectives from State and Municipal Coalitions - a virtual event
(News & Blog)
... focused more on advancing legislation on FGC while others focused on raising awareness of FGM/C. Joanne Golden, a Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board member and founding member of the Massachusettes Coalition, ...
Created on 17 July 2023
16. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
Zehra Patwa, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Chair, is the Co-Founder and U.S. Lead of WeSpeakOut, an organization that strives to work for equal rights for Bohra women in all spheres of life, specifically, ...
Created on 24 April 2023
17. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Vice Chair Sakina Sharp 
(News & Blog)
... existed; I was so happy. I called Mariya Taher within a few weeks and asked her about how I could be involved. Now, here I am. In your new role as Vice Chair of Sahiyo’s Advisory Board, what are some ...
Created on 29 March 2023
18. Sahiyo spotlight: Outgoing U.S. Advisory Board Chair Arefa Cassoobhoy
(News & Blog)
... to have served as chair of the Sahiyo U.S. advisory board from 2021-2023.  An advocate for health equity and health literacy, she treats patients and is on the board of directors at the nonprofit Clarkston ...
Created on 13 March 2023
19. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Tahir Taherbhai
(News & Blog)
... the opportunity to do when I was younger.  Why do you think others should donate to Sahiyo?   With Sahiyo’s wide volunteer network and people like Arefa on the Advisory Board, I know that the team ...
Created on 27 February 2023
20. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... connected to Sahiyo in various ways, as a partner with WeSpeakOut, a retreat organizer, a volunteer, and now, as Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board. Why did you decide to become a donor for Sahiyo’s Inaugural ...
Created on 25 February 2023