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1. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
... of accomplishing this is hosting a community call in Hindi or Gujarati with members of Bhaiyo, our male engagement initiative at Sahiyo, a goal we hope to achieve later this year. There were many great ...
Created on 13 September 2024
2. A daughter’s khatna, a father’s regret: A poem in Hindi
(News & Blog)
by Abbas Ali Bohari This is a heartfelt poem about a Bohra father’s greatest regret. The poet, who hails from Indore, India, spent years praying for the birth of a child and was finally blessed with ...
Created on 28 August 2023
3. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... of women in India who were survivors of tuberculosis. While I can speak some Hindi and I do understand it, for these purposes a translator was needed. These women shared the shame, the stigma and discrimination ...
Created on 10 December 2021
4. પ્રિય માસી: એક ટ્રૉમા થેરાપિસ્ટ સાથે તમને વાત કરવાની જરૂર છે
(News & Blog)
પ્રિય માસી એ એક કોલમ છે, જે સેક્સ અને સંબંધ વિષેની એવી બધી બાબતો પર ભાર મૂકે છે, જેને પૂછવામાં તમને ડર લાગતો હોય! આ કોલમ સહિયો અને WeSpeakOut વચ્ચેની એક ભાગીદારી છે. તે આપણા બધા માટે છે, જેમને ફીમેલ જેનિટલ ...
Created on 08 November 2021
5. પ્રિય માસી: ફીમેલ જેનિટલ કટિંગ થી પીડિત મહિલાઓ માટે સેક્સ અને સંબંધની એક નવી કોલમ
(News & Blog)
... દરેક વ્યક્તિની અંગત ચિંતાઓનું સંબોધન કરશે નહીં અને તેનો વ્યાવસાયિક મેડિકલ અથવા સાયકોલોજિકલ સંભાળની અવેજી રૂપે ઉપયોગ કરવામાં આવવો જોઇએ નહીં.   Read the Hindi version here, and the English version here. ...
Created on 26 October 2021
6. Sahiyo Resources
(Resources)
...  2012 Documentary by Sahiyo co-founder Priya Goswami on the practice of khatna (female circumcision or female genital mutilation) among the Dawoodi Bohra community in India. Language: Hindi, English ...
Created on 04 December 2020
7. Dear Maasi: How do you navigate being a public advocate on female genital cutting while dating?
(News & Blog)
...  While Farzana is full of good advice, this column won’t address everyone’s individual concerns and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical or psychological care.   Read the Hindi ...
Created on 16 November 2020
8. Dear Maasi: Why you may want to speak to a trauma-informed therapist after khatna
(News & Blog)
Dear Maasi is a column about everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! It’s a partnership between Sahiyo and WeSpeakOut, and is for all of us who have questions ...
Created on 15 October 2020
9. Research study explores female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
“Talking about Female Genital Cutting (FGC): A Study” is a research study undertaken to explore the way communities talk about FGC, the challenges of having such conversations, and the attitudes toward ...
Created on 29 September 2020
10. Dear Maasi: "Should I tell my new partner about my experience with khatna?
(News & Blog)
Dear Maasi is a column about everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! It’s a partnership between Sahiyo and WeSpeakOut, and is for all of us who have questions ...
Created on 13 September 2020
11. Sahiyo co-founders win Laadli and ShoorVeer Awards in India
(News & Blog)
... on August 10. The awards, given by the organisation Ample Missiion, were instituted to honour the bravery and courage of “common men and women who have done uncommon things”. The word “ShoorVeer” is Hindi ...
Created on 19 September 2018
12. A Mother’s Brave Choice about Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
By: Anonymous Age: 30 Country: United States (Read the Gujarati translation of this article here and the Hindi translation here.) Khatna is a term and a practice I learned about when I was about ...
Created on 23 May 2017
13. ફીમેલ જેનિટલ કટિંગ વિષે એક માંનો સાહસિક નિર્ણય
(News & Blog)
આ આર્ટિકલ પહેલા સહિયો દ્વારા તારીખ 23 મે 2017ના રોજ અંગ્રેજીમાં પ્રકાશિતકરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. Read the English version here and the Hindi translation here.) લેખક: અનામી ઉંમર : 30 દેશ : અમેરિકા જ્યારે ...
Created on 23 May 2017
14. Of tattoos, female circumcision and hypocrisy
(News & Blog)
by Azra Adenwala  Age: 21  Country: United States / India (Read the Hindi translation of this article here.) I never truly thought about my khatna (circumcision) until a while ago when I came across ...
Created on 25 November 2016
15. 'I begged my mother not to circumcise me. She listened to me.
(News & Blog)
By Anonymous  Age: 26 Country: United States  (Read the Hindi translation of this article here.) I remember hearing about it for the first time in my Saturday school class. A male teacher was taking ...
Created on 08 November 2016
16. I deeply resented what was done to my most intimate parts without my permission
(News & Blog)
Age: 64 Country: United States (Read the Hindi translation of this article here.) It’s time to take a stand against Female Genital Mutilation. It’s long overdue. It wasn’t right when my mother went ...
Created on 05 November 2016
17. The Un-Cut
(News & Blog)
... Sholay. Fatema always had a weakness for Hindi films and Hindi songs. Even at the tender age of seven, she could sing every song with more proficiency than our older cousins. Had there been an Indian Idol ...
Created on 29 August 2016
18. Sahiyo Resources (Old)
(Uncategorised)
... circumcision or female genital mutilation) among the Dawoodi Bohra community in India. Language: Hindi, English (With English Subtitles)   A Small Nick or Cut, they say….– ‘A Small Nick or Cut, they ...
Created on 31 May 2016
19. Read Sahiyo co-founder Insia Dariwala’s Women’s Day speech
(News & Blog)
... Brigade, who are fighting for women’s rights to enter dargahs, mosques and temples in India. (To view a video interview of the event, click here.) The speech is in Hindi, transliterated in Roman: “Hum ...
Created on 29 March 2016
20. They were going to take a worm from my body
(News & Blog)
... Alifya Sulemanji went through the atrocity of FGM. It’s been 35 years but I haven’t forgotten that day of my life even today. One morning my mom told me we were going to visit my aunt who lives in Bhindi ...
Created on 16 March 2016