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81. Sahiyo is thrilled The Gambia decided to keep the FGC ban in place!
(News & Blog)
... The Gambia vulnerable. According to UNICEF, around 230 million women worldwide have undergone female genital cutting in the past eight years, with the majority in Africa and others in the Middle East ...
Created on 23 July 2024
82. Paving the Path to End FGC in Washington State! Year 1 in Review
(News & Blog)
We're excited to share the highlights of an incredible journey we've embarked on with our partners Mother Africa, The U.S. End FGM/C Network, and the Washington State Department of Health. Our collective ...
Created on 18 July 2024
83. Voices from Washington and Beyond: an In-Person Voices to End FGM/C Screening in Kent, WA
(News & Blog)
... Africa, and the Washington Department of Health. This event provided a platform for courageous Washington-based individuals to share their personal narratives, shedding light on the practice of FGM/C and ...
Created on 16 June 2024
84. Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Reflection on our April 17, 2024 Webinar
(News & Blog)
... activists, but also film the Activist Retreat which is put on by Sahiyo in New York, [as well as help a D.C.\survivors support group for African women, and a training for law enforcement on how to look ...
Created on 21 May 2024
85. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Editorial Coordinator Sheena Vasani
(News & Blog)
... South Asians, my parents were brought up in East Africa. My Mom knew girls who had gone through FGC, but it was just one of the many forms of gender-based violence going on in her community during that ...
Created on 20 May 2024
86. Sahiyo U.S. Engages Community Stakeholders in Seattle, Washington to Advance Senate Bill 5453 Initiatives
(News & Blog)
On April 23rd, 2024, Sahiyo U.S., in collaboration with the Washington Department of Health, Mother Africa, and the U.S. End FGM/C Network, convened a significant gathering at Greenriver College, Kent ...
Created on 14 May 2024
87. Key takeaways from the “From Rhetoric to Reality: Closing the Funding Gap to End FGM/C” event
(News & Blog)
... of the Social Development Bureau at Global Affairs Canada Jaha Dukureh, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on FGM and child marriage, was unable to attend as she was in The Gambia working ...
Created on 09 May 2024
88. Join the FGM/C Prevention and Response in Washington State Advisory Committee
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo U.S. is pleased to announce that in collaboration with Mother Africa, the U.S. End FGM/C Network, and the Washington State Department of Health, we are seeking dedicated individuals to serve on ...
Created on 06 May 2024
89. Our Fight to End FGM in The Gambia: Who is Listening?
(News & Blog)
... FGM is considered a sacred passage that women have to go through. Those fathers, like mine, who gave consent to the practice without understanding what we go through. Like in many parts of Africa, FGM ...
Created on 02 April 2024
90. Pathways to Progress: Community Engagement in Ending Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... communities. We invite everybody to attend the virtual panel discussion! Speakers will include:  Wonder Guannu, who is the African Cultural Alliance of North America’s Project Coordinator for the ...
Created on 05 March 2024
91. Musuya (Womanhood)
(News & Blog)
... inclusion and social justice. Currently, she is the secretary-general of One African Women’s Forum, an international organization that focuses on promoting women’s rights based in Nigeria. Sirra has impressed ...
Created on 12 January 2024
92. It's a Marathon, Not a Rac
(News & Blog)
...  Amie Kujabi was born and raised in The Gambia, a small country in West Africa. She is very passionate about development issues, especially from a grassroots level, but also, about what development ...
Created on 12 January 2024
93. You mean it’s not supposed to hurt when I pee?
(News & Blog)
... to the most vulnerable populations, Mukangu founded Johari Africa; a women's economic empowerment program, served as vice president of the board of Tapestri Inc, ending violence and oppression in refugee ...
Created on 11 January 2024
94. Grief to promoting education: Jacqueline’s inspiration to end FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... signed on as a founding member of the newly emerged End FGM/C Network Africa, an organization aimed at uniting voices of advocacy in the hope of influencing those in power to support the end of FGM/C in ...
Created on 02 January 2024
95. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo publishes Examining the Current State of Critical Intersections: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Social Oppressions report
(News & Blog)
... assumptions about FGM/C are often based on racist stereotypes. Type III FGM/C (infibulation) is often called “African FGM/C,” while less severe types of FGM/C such as Type I (clitoridectomy) and Type II ...
Created on 03 October 2023
96. Farewell to Programs Coordinator Catherine Cox
(News & Blog)
... transitioning off of Sahiyo as Programs Coordinator to journey to the United Kingdom, where she will start her Masters at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London with the ...
Created on 07 September 2023
97. Critical Intersections
(Programs)
... begin with women’s sexual liberation, which played a prominent part in Western second-wave feminist agenda, African feminists have approached FGC by strengthening women’s social, economic, and political ...
Created on 28 August 2023
98. Volunteer spotlight: Development intern Sarah Rundle
(News & Blog)
... FGC was the norm, I learned there are actually 4 types of FGC, with type 1 being the most common. I had also thought FGC occurred mainly in African countries; I learned from Sahiyo that it also occurs ...
Created on 15 August 2023
99. Cohosting Catalyzing Global Action to End FGM/C - A Pre-Conference at Women Deliver 2023
(News & Blog)
... Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and America. It promoted knowledge exchange, interregional collaboration, and global cooperation with the aim of catalyzing collective action and movement building, designing ...
Created on 17 July 2023
100. Announcing the Women Deliver 2023 Conference
(News & Blog)
... be a space of shared solidarity, bringing together activists and organizations working to end FGM/C across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and America. It will promote knowledge exchange, interregional ...
Created on 03 July 2023