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1. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
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Created on 30 November -0001
3. Washington D.C. Passes Comprehensive Law to Protect Children from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... ritual reasons as a defense;   Excludes parental or guardianship consent as a defense; Differentiates between gender-affirming surgeries and FGM/C procedures; Mandates the D.C. Department of ...
Created on 02 June 2025
4. Exploring Other Forms of Female Genital Alteration
(News & Blog)
... negative impact on bodily autonomy, health, and well-being. Through this social media series, Sahiyo aims to amplify awareness within the broader discussions surrounding gender-based violence, consent, ...
Created on 10 April 2025
5. Sahiyo Releases Toolkit for Survivor and Community Engagement to Address FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... world, Sahiyo U.S. aims to recognize and emphasize the values of consent and a child’s/woman’s right over her own body, and to enable a culture in which female sexuality is not feared or suppressed but ...
Created on 11 March 2025
6. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(News & Blog)
... we recognize that there are several key differences between FGM/C and gender-affirming care, namely the fundamental issues of consent and bodily autonomy. FGM/C is a human rights violation performed without ...
Created on 31 January 2025
7. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C became highly partisan. A large point of contention was whether there should be criminal consequences for any parent or guardian who knowingly consents to a minor undergoing FGM/C.  Timeline of ...
Created on 20 January 2025
8. Staff Spotlight: Communications Assistant Kira Omans
(News & Blog)
... toward creating a culture that values consent as well as the rights of  children and women. I look forward to continuing to learn from survivors and activists as I continue to work with Sahiyo. What ...
Created on 05 November 2024
9. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... for the parent, caretaker, or guardian of a girl under the age of 18 to facilitate or consent to FGC being performed on her. Transporting a girl for the purpose of FGC became a punishable offense in the ...
Created on 24 October 2024
10. Healing from Khatna with EMDR
(News & Blog)
... hold me down with force. I can’t see my pelvis, I can't see what is going to happen, nobody is telling me. There is no explanation, no asking consent, no describing the purpose of the act. “I feel the ...
Created on 24 September 2024
11. Reflecting on a Screening of The Beginning, a Film Directed by Sahiyo Co-founder Insia Dariwala
(News & Blog)
By Insia Dariwala On July 19th, Population First/ Laadli, along with Sahiyo India and Equality Now, hosted a screening of South Asia’s first fiction film on FGC titled, The Beginning. Produced by Equality ...
Created on 27 August 2024
12. 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
13. Volunteer Spotlight: Development & Programs Intern Tanya Samyak
(News & Blog)
... and that generations continued it after enduring the harm themselves. I was also very sad for the survivors who have to face the aftermath of this practice, which was done without their consent When ...
Created on 12 December 2023
14. Passion, Purpose, Party: My take on Sahiyo's Activists Retrea
(News & Blog)
... and eye roll), gentle yet assertive with the uninformed, and fierce with those who willfully endorse these violations against people/children with or without family consent. I do not take no for an answer ...
Created on 08 December 2023
15. The overturning of Roe v. Wade and its implications for survivors of FGC
(News & Blog)
... on behalf of women and little girls without them ever knowing about it or consenting. And the Dobbs decision does the same, right? It takes away women's agency, it takes away their right to decide what ...
Created on 02 May 2023
16. Reflecting on There’s an App For That?: Technological Innovation and Change Towards Ending Female Genital Cutting event
(News & Blog)
... around sensitive topics, such as FGC, domestic violence, and consent in relationships. Priya discussed how Mumkin creates a safe digital space where one can freely speak out without fear of coercement. ...
Created on 30 March 2023
17. Proposed legislation in Idaho and Texas discriminates against Transgender Youth and removes protections for children at risk of undergoing FGC
(News & Blog)
... and depression. Bodily Autonomy Medical care for transgender people is their choice as part of their right to bodily autonomy. Minors are often forced to undergo FGC. Consent to ...
Created on 01 March 2023
18. Troubling Idaho House Bill 71 moves on to Senate
(News & Blog)
... children, even if they have parental consent.  In 2022, Rep. Bruce Skaung introduced HB 675, which would prohibit surgery “if it is for the sole purpose of attempting to change or affirm the child’s ...
Created on 24 February 2023
19. Volunteer spotlight: Naquia
(News & Blog)
... and confused. I later learned that while I was not subjected to the practice, nearly every generation of women in my family was forced to undergo FGC quietly, secretly, and without consent. Learning about ...
Created on 18 January 2023
20. Why sex educators need to know about female genital cutting (FGC)
(News & Blog)
... on sexuality with a global community.  FGC can be viewed as a lens for exploring consent in a way sex educators may not have considered previously. Sex educators spend a lot of time learning and talking ...
Created on 28 November 2022