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21. Upcoming webinar: Understanding Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... a talented journalist and winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award. For our distinguished guest speakers, we are delighted to have Maryan Abdikadir and Molly Melching. Maryan Abdikadir is a survivor ...
Created on 20 June 2022
22. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... work has been featured in BOAAT Press, Peregrine Journal, and several other publications. Their work has been produced and performed at The Brooklyn Museum, The Apollo Theater, the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit, ...
Created on 31 May 2022
23. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... WOMAN (Game Over Books, 2020) and I NEED THIS TO NOT SWALLOW ME ALIVE (Gingerbug Press, 2021). They are the founder of Dearest Mearest. Their work has been featured in BOAAT Press, Peregrine Journal, and ...
Created on 25 May 2022
24. Sahiyo speaks at the ABA International Law Section Annual Conference
(News & Blog)
... journalist, and activist working towards gender equality and the elimination of FGC to discuss legal tools and other measures that have been adopted to end this practice worldwide. Program Chair:   Sandrine ...
Created on 11 May 2022
25. Being a researcher: Finding balance
(News & Blog)
... discomfort felt heavy, but also important to address before I started the data collection process. Reading and learning about FGC from books, journals, and audio-visual sources seemed like the easy part. ...
Created on 02 March 2022
26. Dear Maasi: Is there something wrong with me because I like this kind of sex?
(News & Blog)
... learn more, check out this BDSM primer.      -it’s worth repeating that BDSM is very common!           In a 2014 study of 1516 adults (published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine), 65% of women and ...
Created on 05 January 2022
27. Sahiyo featured in Align case study and webinar
(News & Blog)
... platform that draw on the experiences from individuals and organisations in three key sectors: (1) education-entertainment, (2) commercial media, and (3) news media and journalism. Participating organisations ...
Created on 14 November 2021
28. 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
29. 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
30. Sahiyo’s U.S. Communications Manager is awarded a Masters degree with merit
(News & Blog)
... She earned a B.A. in Political Communications at IDC Herzliya, while working as a journalist at The Culture Trip and producing and hosting a human rights radio program. While studying, she worked at an ...
Created on 09 March 2021
31. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the U.S?  2021 This Kenyan Activist said No to 'the Cut'  Training journalists in gender-sensitive reporting: Sahiyo. Sahiyo – a flame burning bright amid adversity ...
Created on 02 March 2021
32. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
... medical analyses and journal articles that characterized the girls’ bodies by their body parts. To watch the film and hear firsthand from filmmaker Portenier and activist Susan McLucas was eye-opening. ...
Created on 28 February 2021
33. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Aarefa
(News & Blog)
... is how a lot of my friends describe me!  What are your hobbies? Music and reading.  What is your profession or what career would you like to be in? I wear two main hats.  I’m a journalist, and also ...
Created on 08 December 2020
34. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Shabana
(News & Blog)
... an average day look like for you?  I wake up, journal, do a workout, shower, start work (from home) running my creative agency, wind down with family or a good book in the evening, play with my cat, journal, ...
Created on 06 December 2020
35. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Samina
(News & Blog)
... to say my very first thought as a child of what I wanted to be when I grew up was to be a journalist who would organise events, too! What is your favourite food? I am a foodie good with everything!  ...
Created on 05 December 2020
36. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Jumana
(News & Blog)
... What are some of your passions?  Journalism, scuba diving, creative writing, unconventional traveling What does an average day look like for you?  Exciting! Play with my kids, write, edit a newspaper, ...
Created on 29 November 2020
37. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Fatema
(News & Blog)
... my faith in Allah.   What are five words to describe you? Compassionate, Lazy, Genuine, Driven and Anxious  What are your hobbies? Writing in my journal and reading up new things until I get bored ...
Created on 28 November 2020
38. Voices Series: Why I keep sharing my personal khatna story, again and again
(News & Blog)
... my story of undergoing khatna, or female genital cutting (FGC), dozens of times in the past seven years. I have written about it in blogs, described it to journalists during interviews, shared it on camera ...
Created on 11 March 2020
39. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
... by several others, including photojournalist Meeri Matilda Koutaniemi of Finland who is writing a book about FGM/C survivors.  After going public, two other white Christian North American FGM/C survivors ...
Created on 17 November 2019
40. Cofounders
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... her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Aarefa Johari is a journalist based in Mumbai, India. She has four years of experience as a reporter and feature writer with Hindustan Times, a national daily, and currently ...
Created on 02 July 2019