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21. End FGM - Save our daughters
(News & Blog)
...  mean we keep sitting quietly. They are survivors, not victims. I'm a modern feminist and Bohra girl. I'm not a victim, I'm a survivor. I almost sat quietly, i didn't talk about it but then I realised  ...
Created on 30 September 2021
22. Remembering Egyptian feminist’s heroic fight against female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Madrisha Debnath Despite the fact that the mother of Egyptian Feminist Movement Nawal El Saadawi died at age 89 earlier this year, her fight against patriarchy lives on. Born in 1931, she was an Egyptian ...
Created on 08 August 2021
23. Reflecting on the critical intersections between anti-racism and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... around the world. Johari is a journalist, feminist, and activist based in Mumbai, India. Johari is a senior reporter with Scroll.in, where she covers gender and labor. She has been speaking out against ...
Created on 08 August 2021
24. Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Research intern Madrisha Debnath
(News & Blog)
Madrisha Debnath is a graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi with a masters in geography. Her research interests are in the area of feminist geography, geography of bodies and embodiment. ...
Created on 21 July 2021
25. Addressing Critical Intersections: Anti-Racism and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... African issue, it’s not an Asian issue; it’s a global issue that requires a global investment in women. Aarefa Johari is a journalist, feminist and activist based in Mumbai, India. Aarefa is a senior ...
Created on 05 July 2021
26. Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Social Media Intern Kamakshi Arora
(News & Blog)
... innovative grassroots initiatives based on storytelling and community engagement and is grateful for the opportunity to learn more about working in a feminist organization.  1) When and how did you first ...
Created on 18 June 2021
27. Introducing Nala Feminist Collective: African Women and The 10 Demands, including ending female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... kindness and actual solutions. Our feminist ancestors have taught us that what brings us together is our Pan-African solidarity. As African women, we will not allow anyone to keep us quiet. We know and ...
Created on 18 May 2021
28. Sahiyo stands with AAPI communities experiencing racist violence
(News & Blog)
... there are resources meant to support and protect Asian women. You can also check out powerful zine, Asian American Feminist Antibodies , a collaboration between the Asian American Feminist Collective ...
Created on 26 April 2021
29. The End FGM European Network hosts webinar: “Addressing female genital mutilation while leaving no one behind”
(News & Blog)
... in February. The speakers of the event included Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality; Aïda Yancy, an LGBTQ+ feminist, anti-racist activist currently working at RainbowHouse Brussels and an expert ...
Created on 29 March 2021
30. Four women who were pivotal to the movement to end female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... for women and girls. Nawal El Saadawi & her brutal honesty Nawal El Saadawi, a doctor, feminist and writer, who was born in a community outside of Cairo, Egypt, was a survivor of FGC. She campaigned ...
Created on 25 March 2021
31. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... a global response. 2019 Filmmaker Insia Tells Us How She Saved 4 Girls From Female Genital Cutting In 2019, Let’s Do Our Bit By Donating To These 7 Feminists NGOs “Don’t Mention It” Episode ...
Created on 02 March 2021
32. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Zenab
(News & Blog)
... to describe you? Islamic feminist and human rights activist   What are your hobbies?   Reading, writing and cooking   What is your profession or what career would you like to be in? I was a university ...
Created on 09 December 2020
33. Voices to End FGM/C
(Programs)
... always wanted to know more about FGM/C, or if you’re wondering why, as a feminist or social justice activist, you should care about the topic, tune in now. All episodes are available on the Voices to End ...
Created on 03 December 2020
34. Sahiyo participated in key virtual events with global organizations in October
(News & Blog)
... the hierarchy of suffering and about inter-/national feminist ambivalences? Council of the Great City Schools Fall Conference  Council of the Great City Schools held its 64th Annual Fall Conference ...
Created on 18 November 2020
35. From Saving Safa to Seven: How authors use writing to shed light on FGC
(News & Blog)
... and The Subtweet “Seven is an intimate, gutsy feminist novel that exposes the lasting, individual impacts of making women’s bodies fodder for displays of religious obeisance.”—Michelle Anne Schingler, ...
Created on 08 October 2020
36. Research study explores female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... qualitative survey and feminist focus group discussions, both anchored online, to explore the links between the need for privacy and feminist-led advocacy in the existing public conversations and contestations ...
Created on 29 September 2020
37. SEVEN, the first novel of its kind to address female genital cutting in the Bohra community, releases this month
(News & Blog)
... more than she imagined. 2016 is a time of unrest within her insular and conservative religious community, and there is no escaping its politics. A group of feminists is speaking out against khatna, an ...
Created on 13 September 2020
38. We are listening: Sahiyo's statement on protests against police brutalit
(News & Blog)
... by Nelson Mandela Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black by bell hooks Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks Listen: About Race Code ...
Created on 05 June 2020
39. An ode to every woman fighting social norms around the world
(News & Blog)
By Geethika Kodukula  Country of Residence: USA (This month, Indian news reported three disturbing incidents targeting women and girls. In the first, 68 students at a women’s college in Gujarat were ...
Created on 27 February 2020
40. Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo Social Media Intern Farhan Zia
(News & Blog)
... intersections of law with human rights, gender and religion, and has a deep interest in engaging with theology and religion from a feminist and modern perspective. He is a student researcher at the FGM ...
Created on 14 January 2020