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81. Intern Spotlight: Policy Intern Sara Khattak
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C. I’ve attended meetings for the Washington, Connecticut, Hawaii, and DC, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) coalitions to End FGM/C. Each coalition is at a different progress stage, so I’m gaining a well-rounded ...
Created on 15 August 2024
82. Calling on the CT legislature to protect girls from FGM/C
(News & Blog)
A bill to protect children from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Connecticut (CT) has not been raised by the Connecticut Judiciary Committee in the 2024 legislative session. This news comes ...
Created on 21 March 2024
83. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Zehra Patw
(News & Blog)
...  Related: Zehra Patwa on Sahiyo and the Coalition to End FGM/C’s recent panel discussion with Connecticut legislators – and why it was a positive step forward I don't remember my khatna. But it feels ...
Created on 29 February 2024
84. My experience at the Global Woman Awards and Walk to End FGM
(News & Blog)
... share some remarks on her behalf. I was eager to tell the crowd about Sahiyo’s work as Coalition members in Massachusetts, Washington, and Connecticut, and the successes of passing legislation in the ...
Created on 03 October 2023
85. Volunteer spotlight: Policy intern Delia Donovan
(News & Blog)
... the CT Coalition to End FGM/C, since Connecticut is one of the 9 states that doesn’t have a law that criminalizes FGC; I take notes for every coalition meeting we have, and reach out to other organizations ...
Created on 11 September 2023
86. 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
87. Roundtable on Systems Change to Address FGM/C Perspectives from State and Municipal Coalitions - a virtual event
(News & Blog)
... Mariya Taher facilitated a panel discussion during the roundtable and featured coalition representatives came from Washington State, Connecticut, New York City, Minnesota, Greater Los Angeles, and Massachusetts. ...
Created on 17 July 2023
88. Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy
(Programs)
... has led state-level work, including building survivor and community-led coalitions in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Washington, to raise awareness and education on FGC and the need for comprehensive ...
Created on 29 April 2023
89. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... (not necessarily in that order!) and bringing about an anti-FGM/C law in Connecticut. She currently works in Digital Customer Delivery for the Knights of Columbus in New Haven, Connecticut. How did you ...
Created on 24 April 2023
90. Washington State becomes 41st state to pass law against FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... 10 years, I've been fortunate to be part of survivor-led coalitions in Massachusetts and Connecticut that have sought to create change when it comes to ending this harmful practice. I am amazed by just ...
Created on 19 April 2023
91. 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
92. CWCSEO issues press release on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Assembly along with the CT Coalition To End FGM/C (survivor-led coalition) are working on building holistic solutions to support survivors and prevent future generations of girls in the State of Connecticut ...
Created on 06 February 2023
93. Sahiyo presents at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota
(News & Blog)
... in the United States. More specifically, they introduced some of Sahiyo’s past legal work in Massachusetts, and current work to get a comprehensive state-wide law passed in Connecticut .  To learn more ...
Created on 10 November 2022
94. Support Sahiyo in our work to uplift and protect girls on the Tenth Annual International Day of the Girl Child
(News & Blog)
... work and how we meet this mission.  What is Sahiyo doing? Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C In 2013, the Population Reference Bureau estimated that 2,658 women and girls in Connecticut (CT) ...
Created on 11 October 2022
95. My experience is a tool to create social change
(News & Blog)
... in Connecticut. Zahra grew up in a community in which girls and women are impacted by FGM/C. She is interested in the role of health care providers in caring for those affected by the practice, and as ...
Created on 30 June 2022
96. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Zahra Qaiyumi
(News & Blog)
Zahra is a 4th year medical student at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. She is interested in the role of health care providers in caring for those affected by the practice, and as such is involved ...
Created on 21 April 2022
97. Sahiyo partners with FAWCO to lead an educational webinar on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... from Mariya how Sahiyo’s work has been instrumental in passing state laws; most recently, and successfully, in Massachusetts. Sahiyo is now engaged in similar work to pass a state law in Connecticut, one ...
Created on 01 November 2021
98. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Jo Keogh
(News & Blog)
... the Guilford Human Rights Commission. She is also a member of Connecticut’s Shoreline Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Taskforce, the Connecticut Counseling Association’s Public Policy and Legislative ...
Created on 15 October 2021
99. Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Social media intern Kristel Mendoza Castillo
(News & Blog)
Kristel Mendoza Castillo is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communications. She strongly believes in the values of consent and a woman’s right over her own ...
Created on 07 September 2021
100. Female genital cutting: Underacknowledged and underrecognized in the United States
(News & Blog)
By Cate Cox On June 3rd, 2021 Sahiyo partnered with the Connecticut Trauma and Gender Learning Collaborative and The George Washington University associate professor Dr. Karen McDonnell to hold a training ...
Created on 18 June 2021