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1. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
2. What Not to Say
(News & Blog)
... where the normalization of such denigrating language against an already marginalized group can worsen their conditions, if not change them for the better. We know that the preference for male children ...
Created on 24 December 2024
3. My Journey to Advocacy
(News & Blog)
... Tall is originally from Cameroon and Mali but spent her formative years in Ethiopia. Currently serving as the Policy Research Associate at the US End FGM/C Network, she began her advocacy journey against ...
Created on 05 November 2024
4. Donor Spotlight: Brad Mazon
(News & Blog)
... Comedy Show. But I’ve been involved with the issue of FGM since 1988 when I was an intern at the U.S. State Department in Somalia. I have come in and out of working on the issue, through various organizations, ...
Created on 24 September 2024
5. Reflecting on The 4 Essential Strategies for Self and Community Care in Activism Event with Farzana Doctor
(News & Blog)
... for well-being she deems essential: burnout is structurally rooted Understand the links between self- and community-care Normalize burnout and compassion fatigue as human experiences that ...
Created on 10 September 2024
6. Ending FGM – Fight the Mansplaining, Toxic Masculinity, and Patriarchy
(News & Blog)
... the U.S. Department of State in Somalia as a graduate school intern. The #EndFGM movement has experienced many successes over the years in terms of anti-FGM legislation and engaging men and boys in learning ...
Created on 21 June 2024
7. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Kaneez Madraswall
(News & Blog)
... to Sahiyo mean to you?  As a newly inducted Board member, I wanted to make an impact by raising awareness of the issue and normalizing conversations surrounding the mission of Sahiyo. Giving to Sahiyo ...
Created on 02 March 2024
8. Turning Grief into Purpose
(News & Blog)
... (FGC) and male circumcision are normalized in her community. Those who undergo these harmful practices are often celebrated after they are cut. “After a couple of months they come back and then we have ...
Created on 12 January 2024
9. Trusting Me
(News & Blog)
... workshop and by meeting others who shared their stories? I most enjoyed just that– meeting others who vocalized their stories and shared their experiences. Their stories normalized my own; their feelings ...
Created on 11 April 2023
10. Washington State makes progress to end FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... for our community. I think this bill coming from us, for us, by us, to help the community, I think it is a beautiful thing. I am confident that the community will accept it.” ~ Muna Osman, panelist ...
Created on 05 April 2023
11. Healing as Activism: Finding my way out of the darkness
(News & Blog)
... have been through, not tell me?  I wish I had a happy ending to share from this experience, but my story is not over. We should normalize letting the pain sit with us for some time. Right now is my time. ...
Created on 01 December 2022
12. Reflection on Sahiyo webinar: Understanding Social Norms to end Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... “cutting’’ instead of “mutilation’’. Using vocabulary with harmful implications can be discouraging as words like “mutilation” can imply an intent to harm. However, Maryan, who belongs to the Somali community, ...
Created on 01 August 2022
13. You are not alone
(News & Blog)
... of “Delinking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam” and the “A Religious Oriented Approach to Addressing FGM/C among the Somali Community of Wajir, Kenya”. Maryan is involved in end FGM agenda ...
Created on 31 May 2022
14. A reflection on Equality Now’s webinar: The impact of laws and use of Multi-Sectoral Approach (MSA) to eliminate FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... can create change by acting as advocates and adding pressure. Ballo Bréhima, a program manager of an NGO in Mali states that law teaches communities that FGM/C is harmful and not good for the health of ...
Created on 28 March 2022
15. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... concerning the practice has contributed to a medical normalisation of FGC. Our panelists will explore medical perspectives about medicalisation and the current ethical debate surrounding this phenomenon, ...
Created on 14 January 2022
16. Dear Maasi: Is there something wrong with me because I like this kind of sex?
(News & Blog)
... you describe can be considered kink practices, which are often maligned and misunderstood despite being common and normal. Let’s start with some information about kink:      -it’s an umbrella term ...
Created on 05 January 2022
17. Sahiyo India to host a panel discussion on ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... a stark lack of legislation concerning the practice has contributed to a medical normalisation of FGC. Our panelists will explore medical perspectives about medicalisation and the current ethical debate ...
Created on 03 January 2022
18. Reflecting on the critical intersections between anti-racism and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... experience of FGM/C with the goal of protecting girls from this abusive practice. Originally from Somalia, Hussein works as a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom and addresses the prevalence of FGM/C ...
Created on 08 August 2021
19. Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Research intern Madrisha Debnath
(News & Blog)
... how to normalize talk around such sensitive issues and deal with them from the grassroots level. I also loved the democratic work culture of the organization that gives space for dialogue and participation ...
Created on 21 July 2021
20. Addressing Critical Intersections: Anti-Racism and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
...  Leyla Hussein is an anti-FGM campaigner and a survivor who shares her personal experience of FGM with the goal of protecting girls from this abusive practice. Originally from Somalia, Leyla works ...
Created on 05 July 2021