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1. Addressing Female Genital Cutting Requires Context and Compassion
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*This blog was originally published by the Asia Network to End FGM/C and is being reshared here with their perrmisson, for more information about the Asia Network to End FGM/C click the links below* Social ...
Created on 10 June 2025
2. Reframing FGM/C Through an Intersectional Lens at CSW69
(News & Blog)
... and global reframing of the issue: Affirmation 1: FGM/C is a Global Issue Speakers Saza Fardilla (Asia Network to End FGM/C and End FGC Singapore), and Line Baago-Rasmussen (UNICEF), used the latest ...
Created on 18 March 2025
3. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... our spheres of influence. It was the ASEAN SOGIE Caucuses first cycle involving queer activists who work outside of LGBTQIA+ spaces.  The program participants hailed from nine Southeast Asian countries: ...
Created on 06 February 2025
4. Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administratio
(News & Blog)
... and in solidarity, Sahiyo Helpful resources: Our partner, the Asian Women’s Shelter, has a helpful crisis line for FGC survivors (1-877-751-0880) Rape / Sexual Abuse / Incest National Hotline ...
Created on 31 January 2025
5. 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
6. Reflecting on the "Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in California - Past, Present, and Future" Webina
(News & Blog)
... providers, and community members who are already working on ending FGM/C in the state: Dr. Nina Smart and Athia Carrim of the Greater LA FGM Task Force, as well as Orchid Pusey of the San Francisco Asian ...
Created on 17 October 2024
7. The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Caitlin LeMay
(News & Blog)
... that FGC is only a practice that takes place in African, Asian countries, or basically anywhere but here. “I’m surprised I wasn’t more familiar with it earlier…I think that it really speaks to what it’s ...
Created on 20 August 2024
8. Advocacy & Travel Award
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... Receipts or invoices must be submitted for reimbursement. Award in Action: Association for Asian Studies 2024 Annual Conference  ...
Created on 14 August 2024
9. Join Us at Sahiyos Activists Retreat
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... of FGC, advocates working to end the practice, and the general public interested in learning more about anti-FGC work can attend. Previously relegated to South Asian populations only, this year the workshop ...
Created on 14 May 2024
10. Join us for Sahiyo’s 8th annual Activists Retreat
(News & Blog)
... Previously relegated to South Asian populations only, this year the workshop will include members from Asian Pacific Islander communities as well as other groups. What: The 3-day retreat will include ...
Created on 19 March 2024
11. 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
12. SAHIYO JOINS OVER 40 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN $13.2 MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN INITIATIVE
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ARP Support for Survivors Program supports culturally-specific, community-based projects supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from Asian and Pacific Islander Communities in the ...
Created on 15 May 2023
13. Research: The impact of integrating FGM/C within domestic violence support services
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By Sarrah Hussain For my undergraduate honors thesis, I am working with Sahiyo and Asian’s Women’s Shelter (AWS) to better understand support services for survivors of female genital mutilation/cutting ...
Created on 11 October 2022
14. Training and Technical Assistance
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... Hidden Scars x Sahiyo: Practitioner and Advocate Training Case Study: Supporting Asian Women’s Shelter to implement services supporting FGC survivors  ...
Created on 05 October 2022
15. Research
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... that exists on FGC globally, and to bring understanding, awareness, and advocacy to the topic of FGC within Asian and other communities.  View Program Overview Sahiyo’s ...
Created on 29 June 2022
16. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
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On January 20th at 4:30 IST, Sahiyo will host a webinar titled ‘How to Stop The Rising Trend of Medicalisation of Female Genital Cutting in Asia,’ which will feature a panel discussion with medical experts ...
Created on 14 January 2022
17. Webinar: Female genital cutting is an under-recognized form of gender-based violence in the U.S.
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By Cate Cox On April 15th, Sahiyo partnered with the U.S. End FGM/C Network and the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (APIGBV) for our webinar: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): ...
Created on 30 April 2021
18. Using Storytelling to Shift Social Norms and Prevent FGM/C: Event Reflection
(News & Blog)
... of this event. To learn more about Sahiyo’s work, Sahiyo staff will be hosting a webinar in partnership with The US End FGM/C Network and the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence on April ...
Created on 30 March 2021
19. Survivor Support Resources
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... Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM). The project aims to provide a safe space for women and girls to unpack the effects of FGM. North America UNITED STATES: Asian Women’s Shelter ...
Created on 04 December 2020
20. Crave Foundation recognizes Sahiyo co-founder Mariya Taher as 2020 grantee
(News & Blog)
... (FGC) in Asian communities and beyond. In 2015, she co-founded Sahiyo – United Against Female Genital Cutting, an award-winning, transnational organization with the mission to empower Asian communities ...
Created on 06 August 2020
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