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1. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
2. FAQs
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3. Reframing FGM/C Through an Intersectional Lens at CSW69
(News & Blog)
... in the U.S. and Europe have co-opted FGM/C narratives to advance xenophobic or anti-immigrant agendas. A particularly troubling aspect discussed was the conflation of FGM/C with gender-affirming care, ...
Created on 18 March 2025
4. Newly Released: Sahiyo’s Toolkit on Survivor and Community Engagement!
(News & Blog)
... face a lot of barriers to getting services. So creating those outreach and educational community events that we do in different apartment complexes here in Columbus, where most of our refugee and immigrant ...
Created on 11 March 2025
5. Sahiyo Welcomes Elaina Baliner as Our New Development & Programs Fellow
(News & Blog)
... grant funds, contributing to trainings through presentations and resource development, and writing articles for Sahiyo’s blog, Elaina has already made a difference in our community. We are thrilled to ...
Created on 27 February 2025
6. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... education for rural children, animal rights, climate justice and sustainability, journalism, and refugee and migrant rights. Of course, the issue of FGM/C falls under sexual and reproductive health rights ...
Created on 06 February 2025
7. Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administratio
(News & Blog)
... useful information to help immigrants protect themselves BlackLine Crisis Call Line: 1-800-604-5841  The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline, Su Familia: 1-866-783-2645 Dial 988 or visit www.988lifeline.org ...
Created on 31 January 2025
8. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
... For America presenting at an event promoting anti-FGM/C legislation would promote false stereotypes that FGM/C is connected to Islam, and target immigrant communities in Maine. A report by the American ...
Created on 20 January 2025
9. Intern Spotlight: Fundraising & Auction Intern Lisa Zhu
(News & Blog)
... intern, I assist in finding funding opportunities to support Sahiyo’s programs. One aspect of my work involves conducting research to find relevant grants for Sahiyo and drafting grant applications. Over ...
Created on 14 January 2025
10. Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference 2024
(News & Blog)
... initially discussed at Women Deliver 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, on specifically funding grassroots FGM/C movements and organizations. Participants collaborated to brainstorm best practices for grantmaking ...
Created on 18 November 2024
11. Helping our Sahiyo community process the 2024 election
(News & Blog)
... along with useful information to help immigrants protect themselves BlackLine Crisis Call Line: 1-800-604-5841  The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline, Su Familia: 1-866-783-2645 Dial 988 or ...
Created on 07 November 2024
12. The Washington Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Dr. Muna Osman
(News & Blog)
... that truly making progress requires bridging the generational divide within immigrant communities.  "We need to bridge the gap instead of making it bigger and give the respect they deserve,  ...
Created on 24 October 2024
13. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... across the country. In the last 3 years, the Department of Justice,  Office of Victims of Crime, funded several programs aimed at preventing and responding to FGC, including grants for community-based ...
Created on 24 October 2024
14. Reflecting on the NAPIESV ARP SA Grantees Gathering in Honolulu, Hawaii
(News & Blog)
In September 2024, Sahiyo U.S. had the privilege of attending an event in Honolulu, Hawaii, hosted by the National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV) for grantees ...
Created on 17 October 2024
15. Intern Spotlight: Fundraising and Auction Intern Elaina Baliner
(News & Blog)
... programs. This includes researching potential funding opportunities, writing grant proposals, and assisting with donor relations and fundraising events, such as our end-of-year Season of Giving campaign. ...
Created on 11 October 2024
16. Sahiyo U.S. Joins Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds in 15.8M Initiative to address systemic barriers to health
(News & Blog)
... institutional and structural racism head-on. During the pandemic, the need to support such efforts is even more imperative. In total ~$15.8M in grants will support 26 lead organizations and more than ...
Created on 26 September 2024
17. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
... of gender-based violence and culturally specific advocacy since 1993. The three-day summit welcomed many attendees across the country, including grantees whose community-led, gender-based violence projects ...
Created on 13 September 2024
18. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... are needed to contribute to those laws, Joanne explained. “At the time a majority of people who were at-risk were people of color, Muslim, and oftentimes immigrants. I fit none ...
Created on 04 September 2024
19. Advocacy & Travel Award
(Programs)
...  The award cannot be granted to the same individual or organization more than twice within a single calendar year.   Types of Events: The award supports attendance at events that facilitate advocacy ...
Created on 14 August 2024
20. Sahiyo in D.C.! Key Insights from Our In-Person Meeting with DOJ OVW Partners
(News & Blog)
... States. This initiative, funded by a $300,000 grant from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (DOJ-OVW), marks a significant step forward in our fight to end FGC. Throughout this ...
Created on 18 July 2024
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  • About Us
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  • Our Programs
    • Community Outreach
      • Advocacy & Travel Award
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    • Voices to End FGM/C
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    • Research
      • Critical Intersections
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  • Our Impact
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