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81. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... assumes Vivienne Wee, a founding member of the Singaporean women’s organization Aware. The Singaporean feminist organization organized the conference together with WADI as part of WADI’s Stop FGM in the ...
Created on 25 January 2016
82. Legislative Updates: Connecticut Moves Closer to Passing a Bill to Support Survivors of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Connecticut Coalition to End FGMC held a press conference to raise awareness about FGM/C and introduce House Bill 6596: An Act Concerning The Prevention Of Female Genital Mutilation. This proposed bill ...
Created on 18 February 2025
83. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
... occurring in Maine. Then Governor Paul Lepage, stated during a press conference that the MaineCare health program paid out numerous claims for mutilation-related care, including treatment for children ...
Created on 20 January 2025
84. Donor Spotlight: Brad Mazon
(News & Blog)
... program?  My time working in Somalia and my upbringing really influenced my decision to donate. I attended a conference in Mogadishu, Somalia. It was all women who had been impacted by FGM. This event ...
Created on 24 September 2024
85. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
... This year’s conference was aptly titled, “Growing from our Roots,” and focused on honoring the founding leaders who came together to form APIGBV in 1993, who have made landmark contributions to the field ...
Created on 13 September 2024
86. Advocacy & Travel Award
(Programs)
FGM/C Advocacy & Travel Award The FGM/C Advocacy and Travel Award offered by Sahiyo supports active Sahiyo volunteers and program participants to attend conferences and workshops, as well as pursue advocacy ...
Created on 14 August 2024
87. That Old Familiar Violence - Reflecting on AAS 2024
(News & Blog)
... Studies Conference, I was a non-academic, a formerly practicing attorney now working at a university as an academic counselor. This may have been fine to me, were I a mere attendee, a voyeur on the outside ...
Created on 18 July 2024
88. A Space to Belong: My Reflection on the 2023 Activist Retreat
(News & Blog)
...  I'm working on presenting a paper for the Association for Asian Studies Conference on March 14-17. It’s about the intersection of queerness and FGM/C, and what it means to be a non-binary survivor of ...
Created on 01 April 2024
89. UNICEF releases new data on global prevalence of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Mission to the United Nations on March 15th. The Global Platform For Action to End FGM/C led the charge at the 2023 Women Deliver Conference to acknowledge the harms of insufficient funds in the work ...
Created on 21 March 2024
90. 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
91. A Plan in Action: Reflecting on the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National ARP Convening
(News & Blog)
... that — culturally specific, each one with unique traditions and unique needs. Over the course of the three day conference, speakers emphasized the need to invest in organizations that understand the communities ...
Created on 12 December 2023
92. Legislative Roundtable held in Connecticut to discuss FGC
(News & Blog)
... Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Connecticut remains one of only 9 states in the U.S. yet to address this human rights violation in any manner; this briefing provided insights into the legislative ...
Created on 14 November 2023
93. Engaging School Nurses to address the needs of survivors of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
On July 19th, Sahiyo Programs Coordinator Catherine Cox will be joined by Massachusetts Pediatric SANE Mildrine Tulysse for a training session at the School Nurses International Conference. This presentation ...
Created on 17 July 2023
94. Tufts University hosts panel to raise awareness of FGC
(News & Blog)
... for Global Leadership at Tisch College. WIIR hosted a panel on FGC as part of a broader conference on the topic of public health and women’s healthcare. Other panelist included Aminata Bah, Copresident ...
Created on 15 May 2023
95. Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy
(Programs)
... when now members came together at the 2019 Women Deliver conference to develop a global Call to Action to end FGM/C.  Read more:  2023 Kigali Declaration launched at the Women Deliver Pre-Conference  ...
Created on 29 April 2023
96. Reflecting on Being Seen
(News & Blog)
... in the Journal of Student Research, the Southern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Journal Society, Justice, and the Law and she has presented her work at various conferences including NEPSA and ...
Created on 11 April 2023
97. Sahiyo spotlight: Outgoing U.S. Advisory Board Chair Arefa Cassoobhoy
(News & Blog)
... From there, my involvement with Sahiyo grew easily, because we share the same mission of educating and empowering individuals to make choices for their body themselves. I worked more with Mariya at conferences, ...
Created on 13 March 2023
98. Sahiyo International Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Lisa Fior
(News & Blog)
... the Violence Against Women Initiative at Lesley University began planning for a panel discussion in 2017. That would be a prelude to the formal conference and exhibition that we held in fall 2018. Mariya ...
Created on 06 March 2023
99. Upcoming NGO CSW 66 Parallel Event: Engaging Men to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
...  About the The Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C  In June 2019 civil society organisations, champions, survivors and other grassroots representatives came together at the Women Deliver conference ...
Created on 22 February 2022
100. Reflecting on the critical intersections between anti-racism and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... she was featured in The Guardian, PBS, RFI, Deutshe Welle and Brut for her advocacy to end female genital mutilation/cutting. Camara is also a frequent speaker at conferences, including high-level events ...
Created on 08 August 2021