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81. FGM/C: It's Time to Talk About It (08 November 2023 09:30
(Events / Training)
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is recognized in the US and internationally as a human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence. However, many social workers, advocates, and social ...
Created on 10 October 2023
82. SOAR November Member Training: FGM/C with Sahiyo (02 November 2023 14:00)
(Events / Training)
... against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), will provide an in-depth, interactive training about FGM/C as an underserved form of gender-based violence This training will feature information ...
Created on 02 November 2023
83. Cross-Collaborative Work: Incorporating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Survivors into Support Services in Virginia (08 August 2023)
(Events / Training)
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is recognized in the US and internationally as a human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence. This form of gender-based violence involves the partial ...
Created on 22 August 2023
84. AFTTAP-Hosted Webinar on Digital Storytelling (01 August 2023 10:30)
(Events / Webinar)
... around the world in sharing personal stories of gender, health, and human rights. She has authored several journal articles and books chapters about this work. Amy lives in Berkeley, where she continues ...
Created on 10 July 2023
85. FGM/C 101 for Social Workers Virtual Training (30 May 2023 15:00)
(Events / Training)
WHEN: May 30, 2023 from 3:00 – 5:00 PM EST Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is recognized in the US and internationally as a human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence. However, ...
Created on 05 May 2023
86. There’s an App For That? Technological Innovation and Change Towards Ending Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (08 March 2023 08:00)
(Events / Webinar)
... and decision-makers for joint advocacy actions towards the elimination of FGM/C, with a holistic approach to improve the health and well-being of women and achieve SDG 5.3 addressing root causes of gender-based ...
Created on 28 March 2023
87. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(News & Blog)
At Sahiyo, we are disheartened and frustrated by the harmful conflation between female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and gender-affirming care made in a recent Executive Order issued by the Trump ...
Created on 31 January 2025
88. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
By: Samman Masud In August 2024, I, along with Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher attended the Asian-Pacific Institute for Gender Based-Violence (APIGBV) National Summit in San Francisco, California. ...
Created on 13 September 2024
89. New Report from the Population Institute on GBV: “Behind Closed Doors: Exposing and Addressing Harmful Gender-Based Practices in the United States”
(News & Blog)
... that advocates for gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, titled, "Behind Closed Doors: Exposing and Addressing Harmful Gender-Based Practices in the United States”. ...
Created on 09 April 2024
90. From idea to fruition: A webinar by nonprofit founders working in gender-based violence
(News & Blog)
Starting an organization is by no means an easy feat, even when someone is passionate about a topic, there will always be stumbles along the way to developing an  organization. These falls of Mariya Taher, ...
Created on 14 November 2023
91. Proposed legislation in Idaho and Texas discriminates against Transgender Youth and removes protections for children at risk of undergoing FGC
(News & Blog)
... would alter existing policy against FGC to ban gender-affirming care for minors. Gender-affirming care includes social, psychological, behavioral, and medical practices which affirm the gender identity ...
Created on 01 March 2023
92. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... legislators in Texas and Idaho are looking to use pre-existing bans on FGC to block transgender youth from receiving life-saving, medically necessary gender-affirming treatments. This is a discriminatory ...
Created on 22 March 2022
93. Consent and gender imbalance: their role in female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... and performed without consent, should be “opposed equally on moral and legal grounds and discouraged by all appropriate means.” The solution to this imbalance? A gender-inclusive opposition to genital ...
Created on 10 February 2022
94. Connecticut Trauma and Gender Learning Collaborative Training Part 2
(News & Blog)
On February 3rd, Sahiyo Co-Founder Mariya Taher joined Dr. Karen McDonnell from George Washington for our second training for the Connecticut Trauma and Gender Learning Collaborative (TAG). TAG is a collaboration ...
Created on 08 February 2022
95. Legislative update: The Biden Administration's National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equalit
(News & Blog)
On October 22nd, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the first-ever national gender strategy to advance the full participation of all people – including women and girls – in the United States and around ...
Created on 12 November 2021
96. Dear Maasi: "I’m a transgender man who is also a survivor of female genital cutting" ...
(News & Blog)
... a transgender man who underwent female genital cutting against my will as a child. What happened to me as a child continues to affect my life and sometimes my romantic, sexual relationships. I chose to ...
Created on 13 October 2021
97. Practitioner and advocate training: Best practices for working with survivors of gender-based violence
(News & Blog)
In June Sahiyo partnered with Hidden Scars to host training for practitioners and advocates working with survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and female genital cutting (FGC).  Gender-based violence ...
Created on 19 July 2021
98. Webinar: Female genital cutting is an under-recognized form of gender-based violence in the U.S.
(News & Blog)
By Cate Cox On April 15th, Sahiyo partnered with the U.S. End FGM/C Network and the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (APIGBV) for our webinar: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): ...
Created on 30 April 2021
99. Understanding the effect of COVID-19 on gender-based violence in Nigeria
(News & Blog)
... and women at this time. On June 9th, the third installment of the Africa Led Movement series addressed the effect of the pandemic on gender-based violence (GBV) in Nigeria, including female genital cutting ...
Created on 28 July 2020
100. How COVID-19 impacts programs devoted to ending gender-based violence, including female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Hunter Kessous The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down, so it is unsurprising that gender-based violence (GBV), including female genital cutting (FGC), has also been affected. Hidden ...
Created on 21 July 2020