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1. About - Funders & Partners
Created on 02 December 2020
2. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
3. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
4. Survivor and Community Engagement Toolkit
(Uncategorised)
... kind of what's going on in their lives to be able to do our work.” ~ Dianne Uwayo, African Family Health Organization (AFAHO)     Explore what's inside the toolkit in the infographic below:  ...
Created on 15 March 2025
5. Newly Released: Sahiyo’s Toolkit on Survivor and Community Engagement!
(News & Blog)
... provide valuable perspectives on addressing FGM/C across the United States. Insights are gleaned from the following organizations:  African Cultural Alliance of North America (ACANA)  African Family ...
Created on 11 March 2025
6. Positive Masculinity; A Critical Tool in the Movement to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... for the Africa Center in the Department of Obstetrics at the University of Nairobi, talked about how important it is to understand power dynamics when discussing FGC.  He said that a charismatic village ...
Created on 20 February 2025
7. Sustainable Development Goals: How the UNs Benchmarks Align with Sahiyo’s Mission to End Female Gential Cutting
(News & Blog)
... focus on African and Middle Eastern countries in order to meet the 2030 goal of ending the practice. So, while the UN's efforts have reached millions, leveraging their resources to expand this movement ...
Created on 12 December 2024
8. The Washington Coalition to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Interview Series: Amie Kujabi
(News & Blog)
... other African nations. She credits much of this progress to young people taking the lead in advocacy efforts against the practice.  "Young people of our generation are actually taking the lead in trying ...
Created on 19 November 2024
9. Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference 2024
(News & Blog)
... Asian, African, European, and the U.S. and Canadian regional networks, where participants discussed issues related to anti-FGM/C advocacy that were prevalent and specific to their communities.  Conference ...
Created on 18 November 2024
10. Upcoming Training: Prevention Efforts for FGM/C Across the Country
(News & Blog)
... with our project partners the U.S. End FGM/C Network, Mother Africa, and the Washington Department of Health, as part of our efforts to prevent and respond to FGM/C in Washington State. In this session ...
Created on 14 November 2024
11. On My Own Terms
(News & Blog)
... and women's rights advocacy and activism. She holds a Master of Laws in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa and a Master of Global Affairs in International Peace Studies and Gender Studies. With ...
Created on 05 November 2024
12. My Journey to Advocacy
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C within the organization. Her deep interest in gender issues in Africa drives her pursuit of a PhD in International Relations at American University starting this Fall. Fadima is eagerly looking ...
Created on 05 November 2024
13. Bringing female genital cutting to the forefront: How Sahiyo helped Nevin Sutherland attend the 2024 Asian Studies Conference
(News & Blog)
... with Nevin herself. Their goal was to educate the audience about the complexities and nuances of FGM/C in Asia, discuss how FGM/C in Africa often receives more worldwide attention, and explore the underlying ...
Created on 24 October 2024
14. The Washington Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Dr. Muna Osman
(News & Blog)
... we worked with Mother Africa at the community level. People know that I'm volunteering. I don't work for nobody. I don't intend to make money off them, so they start listening to me." Dr. Osman believes ...
Created on 24 October 2024
15. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... FGC is a form of gender-based violence that is often mistakenly understood to only occur in certain cultural traditions in Africa and the Middle East, the occurrence of FGC has a history in the U.S. that ...
Created on 24 October 2024
16. Reflecting on the NAPIESV ARP SA Grantees Gathering in Honolulu, Hawaii
(News & Blog)
... launching its first-ever retreat to include individuals from Asian, Pacific Islander, and Southwest Asian/North African (API-SWANA) regions and communities in 2024. (To hear more about attendees' experience ...
Created on 17 October 2024
17. Intern Spotlight: Fundraising and Auction Intern Elaina Baliner
(News & Blog)
... to build my skills before pursuing a master's in global health economics. Before discovering Sahiyo, I was aware of the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in parts of Africa and Asia, but I had no ...
Created on 11 October 2024
18. Donor Spotlight: Brad Mazon
(News & Blog)
... privilege in the same sense. And when I say privilege, I mean it in a structural and economic way, because I know there is beauty, wisdom, and knowledge in Africa and Asia. I wanted to be mindful of that ...
Created on 24 September 2024
19. Healing from Khatna with EMDR
(News & Blog)
...  “Why?” I believed it was not a big deal. Não era para tanto. “You don't have to complain because it was a very small cut, look how they do it to African women.” Until today, I had not understood the ...
Created on 24 September 2024
20. FGM/C in California - Past, Present, and Future
(News & Blog)
... Equality Now; Senait Admassu and Athia Carrim of the Greater LA FGM Task Force and African Coalition; and Orchid Pusey of the San Francisco Asian Women's Shelter. Participants will discuss the shortcomings ...
Created on 11 September 2024