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21. Bearing Tradition: Navigating the Pressure of Khatna
(News & Blog)
... that she understood my perspective and is willing to support me in my mission to educate women of her generation and those younger so that the burden of this practice is not passed down to their daughters ...
Created on 11 January 2024
22. Grief to promoting education: Jacqueline’s inspiration to end FGM/C
(News & Blog)
By Megan Seaver Jacqueline’s story with female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is one of both survival and advocacy. She works tirelessly to prevent other families from pressuring their daughters ...
Created on 02 January 2024
23. Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities
(News & Blog)
...  “I sit and talk with people and they still totally believe in the practice and they are proud of it and they are thinking of mutilating their daughters.” “My last experience with a field visit was ...
Created on 02 January 2024
24. A daughter’s khatna, a father’s regret: A poem in Hindi
(News & Blog)
... a daughter. A few years later, he found out that she had been subjected to khatna, or female genital cutting, behind his back. This is a poem about his grief for her, his regret, and his plea to the world ...
Created on 28 August 2023
25. Volunteer Spotlight: Events & Programs Intern Derrick Simiyu
(News & Blog)
... movement against FGC? FGC has an impact on men as well as women in society. Men are indirectly affected when their daughters, spouses, or girlfriends have had FGC even though they are not directly afflicted ...
Created on 30 May 2023
26. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... As an advocate for an anti-FGM/C law in Connecticut, I have had to explain the nuances surrounding cutting and the motivations of parents who have their daughters cut. People outside cutting communities ...
Created on 24 April 2023
27. Sahiyo releases seven new Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting videos created by survivors and advocates 
(News & Blog)
... and activist; I can continue contributing to a growing body of voices that will put an end to this practice in my daughter’s lifetime.” ~Farrah Dalal, Voices Storyteller   Farrah is one of seven storytellers ...
Created on 17 April 2023
28. My story doesn’t end here
(News & Blog)
... will put an end to this practice in my daughter’s lifetime.   Farrah Dalal M.Ed has worked in various university settings all over the country. After receiving a BA in Sociology from the University ...
Created on 11 April 2023
29. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Dr. Akil Taherbhai
(News & Blog)
... a great shock to me that my co-workers and colleagues, all doctors, were circumcising their own daughters. I think that’s when I first began feeling passionate about this issue. I only actively got involved ...
Created on 02 March 2023
30. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Tahir Taherbhai
(News & Blog)
... to Sahiyo by Arefa Casshobhoy, who is the daughter of one of my closest friends. Before that, I knew of the organisation’s existence through my daughter, who had interacted with Sahiyo in California about ...
Created on 27 February 2023
31. CWCSEO issues press release on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... their daughters from the pressure to cut and be cut." Zehra Patwa, FGM/C Activist/Survivor and Co-founder of WeSpeakOut and member of the Coalition. About the CWCSEO: The Commission on Women, Children, ...
Created on 06 February 2023
32. The urgency of climate change: Reflecting on my conversation with activist Domtila Chesang
(News & Blog)
by Urvashi Sharma On a foggy day in October, I had the pleasure of speaking with Domtila Chesang, an inspired activist against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Kenya, and more recently a ...
Created on 15 December 2022
33. Dear Maasi: "Should I confront the person responsible for my khatna (FGM/C)?"
(News & Blog)
... her daughter for khatna (see Dear Maasi: Will My Daughter Ever Forgive Me?). She was in almost the opposite position as you.  Talking about FGM/C with your mother could be fruitful and healing for you ...
Created on 26 October 2022
34. Bhaiyo Mohammad Chappalwala to be awarded Donald A. Strong Man of The Year Award
(News & Blog)
On October 14th, Mohammad Chappalwala, a Bhaiyo (male ally), will be virtually presented with the Donald A. Strong Man of The Year award by the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation. Mr. Chappalwala, who ...
Created on 13 October 2022
35. Conversation with a Bhaiyo: Advising a concerned father
(News & Blog)
... Mr. N were initially connected through Sahiyo, as Mr. N was concerned about undergoing a separation from his wife and the potential implications of his young daughters being cut: “He has two daughters, ...
Created on 15 August 2022
36. Voices to End FGM/C 2022: Spring Cohort Video Screening
(News & Blog)
... so that I can tell another survivor ‘you are not alone,’ and I hope by educating others, by extension I can help save their daughters. After watching a couple of Sahiyo stories, I knew I needed to be one ...
Created on 08 August 2022
37. Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope
(News & Blog)
... women. As a mother to a young daughter, she is teaching her to always stand up for what is right no matter the obstacles that await. Shatize is looking forward to working for Sahiyo and educating those ...
Created on 03 August 2022
38. Reflection on Sahiyo webinar: Understanding Social Norms to end Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... FGC is not beneficial to women, and that these false beliefs were passed on to keep the practice in place, she decided against it for her daughter. Her daughter was shamed, ridiculed, and questioned for ...
Created on 01 August 2022
39. You are not alone
(News & Blog)
... painful ordeal. I have always wanted to tell my story so that I can tell another survivor “you are not alone,” and I hope by educating others, by extension I can help save their daughters. After watching ...
Created on 31 May 2022
40. A love letter to my mother who cut me
(News & Blog)
... you raise your Malay Muslim daughters.  Briefly mentioned in the story, I contended with my gender and sexuality. A social norm has molded us to reject lived experiences beyond the gender binary. Because ...
Created on 31 May 2022