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1. Reflection on the Sahiyo Activists Retreat 2024: Zahara Kagalwalla
(News & Blog)
... reminder that activism isn’t just about policy; it’s also about healing.  The retreat was packed with powerful sessions, but a few moments were especially memorable: Hopes for the retreat: Things started ...
Created on 18 February 2025
2. Cave of Consciousness
(News & Blog)
... the stage together! All of us standing up there, it made me feel like we were healing our trauma collectively. That it does not have to be one person's voice, but many who stand together against trauma. ...
Created on 23 January 2025
3. Reflecting on the Activist Retreat
(News & Blog)
... easier for people to speak out and  not feel afraid or embarrassed. I plan to continue speaking out about FGC and hope people feel welcome to come talk to me about their need for healing and how to prevent ...
Created on 28 May 2024
4. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Editorial Coordinator Sheena Vasani
(News & Blog)
... who are just starting their healing journeys. Despite their pain, they’re not just trying to survive – they’re trying to thrive. Each has gone through the depths of hell and yet have risen from the ashes, ...
Created on 20 May 2024
5. Reflections after sharing my story during the Psychosocial Impacts of FGM/C Webinar
(News & Blog)
... forward” and share my story with my name and photo as part of my own healing journey through the “Voices to End FGM/C” project in 2022. No doubt, it was unnerving to share my story publicly. I thought ...
Created on 19 May 2024
6. U.S. Activists Retreat 2024 Frequently Asked Questions
(News & Blog)
... but we assure all prospective attendees that there will be many breaks and moments for self-care built in to make the Virtual Retreat an enjoyable, healing experience of community-building and learning. ...
Created on 09 April 2024
7. Reflections on Pain, Stigma, and Activism
(News & Blog)
By Tanya Samyak On December 6, 2023, Sahiyo organized a webinar titled Pain, Stigma and Sexual Health: Healing through Storytelling in collaboration with TightLipped, a grassroots organization supporting ...
Created on 09 April 2024
8. A Space to Belong: My Reflection on the 2023 Activist Retreat
(News & Blog)
... talking about the practice. I wanted to meet others who are doing the work that I was doing.  I’ve always treated the Activist Retreat as a part of the healing of my inner child and as a part of my journey ...
Created on 01 April 2024
9. Musuya (Womanhood)
(News & Blog)
... deal with the “post-FGM whatsoever.” “Things happen and you don’t know how to deal with it,” S explains of her experience as a survivor. However, people at the workshop “explained their healing process” ...
Created on 12 January 2024
10. A Plan in Action: Reflecting on the 2023 Peer-to-Peer National ARP Convening
(News & Blog)
... Retreat, that annual opportunity for survivors and activists to come together for community, companionship, and healing. These retreats serve as an essential part of Sahiyo’s activism—and our self-care. ...
Created on 12 December 2023
11. Survivors Speak: Stories of Healing and Action
(News & Blog)
Please join Sahiyo, Asian Women's Shelter, and Silence Speaks on November 28th at 4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern for an informal one-hour webinar on trauma-informed storytelling to address gender-based violence.  ...
Created on 14 November 2023
12. Join us in-person at Sahiyo's 2023 Activists Retrea
(News & Blog)
... to offer travel scholarships for domestic travel to Atlanta, Georgia, as well as housing and meals. I invite you to join us for three days of healing and hope, all supported by Sahiyo’s incredible team ...
Created on 17 August 2023
13. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... However, so many of us carry the trauma of what was done to us deep within ourselves and Sahiyo provides avenues to share these experiences and impacts in a sensitive and supportive forum where healing ...
Created on 24 April 2023
14. Full circle: A bridge from the political to the personal
(News & Blog)
... once again reminded me of how incredibly brave it is to publicly acknowledge one’s own pain and move towards healing. I drew strength from their courage.   It was by a stroke of serendipity that  the ...
Created on 12 April 2023
15. Volunteer spotlight: Naquia
(News & Blog)
Naquia is a Research Associate at Cornell University where she studies public health policy, homelessness, and health inequities. She recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in ...
Created on 18 January 2023
16. Volunteer spotlight: Umme Kulsoom Arif
(News & Blog)
... to do the same and find healing in speaking out. What was your experience of learning about female genital cutting (FGC) for the first time like? I had some passing understanding of what FGC was thanks ...
Created on 16 December 2022
17. Reflecting on Sahiyo’s Healing as Activism Campaign
(News & Blog)
This past month, Sahiyo hosted a social media campaign, ‘Healing as Activism’, to honor the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence. From November 25th to December 10th, we shared the stories ...
Created on 12 December 2022
18. Healing as Activism: Finding my way out of the darkness
(News & Blog)
By Anonymous It has only been a little over 2 weeks since I learned what female genital mutilation (FGM) was. It has only been a little over 2 weeks since I learned that I’ve been through FGM.  I ...
Created on 01 December 2022
19. Healing as Activism: One cannot give from an empty cup
(News & Blog)
... my psyche and I will never escape those consequences. Initially, when I joined on as a volunteer, I did so because I thought activism was healing.   Turns out, the opposite is more true.   Activism ...
Created on 27 November 2022
20. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... the resources sought for their own healing. They also found that their experiences were often downplayed by society through invalidation and ignorance.  Following this discussion, Dr. Bowers stressed ...
Created on 01 August 2022