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1. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
2. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
3. Reflecting on the Critical Intersections Webinar
(News & Blog)
On February 27th, Sahiyo’s Research Coordinator Rachel Wine, and Executive Director Mariya Taher led the webinar, “Intersectional Approaches Strengthen Alliances and Build Movements to End FGM/C,” to announce ...
Created on 21 March 2025
4. Reflecting on “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change” at CSW 69
(News & Blog)
... Director Mariya Taher and moderated by Su Young from the Asian Women's Shelter. Speakers included Zehra Patwa, Dena Igusti, Saza Faradilla, Leena Khandwala, and Angela Peabody, each offering unique perspectives ...
Created on 21 March 2025
5. Survivor and Community Engagement Toolkit
(Uncategorised)
... Mariya Taher (Sahiyo), Samman Masud (Sahiyo), Wonder Guannu (African Cultural Alliance of North America), and Breanne Lash (Nile Sisters Development Initiative). The development ...
Created on 15 March 2025
6. Announcing Our New T&TA MA Coordinator: Olivia Harris
(News & Blog)
... please click here. We recently had a partner meeting with the UMass Chan Medical School, and the U.S. Network to End FGM/C to discuss plans for the project. Olivia and Executive Director Mariya Taher attend ...
Created on 12 March 2025
7. Sahiyo Releases Toolkit for Survivor and Community Engagement to Address FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... adapt various forms of engagement to suit the specific needs and contexts of each community.  Sahiyo Co-Founder Mariya Taher emphasized that the “Recognition of FGM/C as a form of gender-based violence ...
Created on 11 March 2025
8. Join Sahiyo, the Asian Women’s Shelter, and Silence Speaks for a Parallel Event at the 69th Session of Commission on the Status of Women in New York
(News & Blog)
... as survivors themselves. The storytellers will also discuss how their stories have been used to further impact in the overall movement to end FGM/C. The event will be moderated by Mariya Taher, Executive ...
Created on 11 February 2025
9. Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)
(News & Blog)
... from the Lieutenant Governor: Susan Bysiewicz will read the Governors proclamation and make a few comments Survivor Testimonies: Hear from survivors Zehra Patwa and Mariya Taher, who will share their ...
Created on 29 January 2025
10. Legislative Briefing on FGM/C in the State of Connecticut: A Collaboration between the Connecticut Coalition
(News & Blog)
... Susan Bysiewicz Mariya Taher Representative Jillian Gilchrest Siminesh Comollo The speakers discussed the importance of increased awareness of FGM/C as an issue local to the state of Connecticut, ...
Created on 16 January 2025
11. Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference 2024
(News & Blog)
By Samman Masud Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher attended the Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference in Washington D.C, a two-day event that brought together key stakeholders committed ...
Created on 18 November 2024
12. Helping our Sahiyo community process the 2024 election
(News & Blog)
To our Sahiyo community, We know that many of you, like us, are feeling disappointed, sad, and scared as a result of the 2024 presidential election. We want you to know that we see you and that your ...
Created on 07 November 2024
13. Reflecting on the "Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in California - Past, Present, and Future" Webina
(News & Blog)
... - Past, Present, and Future." The event was moderated by Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher and Shivagi Misra of Equality Now.  The event brought together a panel of survivors, advocates, service ...
Created on 17 October 2024
14. Walking Together: My Experience at the Annual Walk to End Female Genital Mutilation in D.C.
(News & Blog)
... which she co-founded with Sahiyo’s Executive Director, Mariya Taher. I had the opportunity to work with Amy at a recent workshop in Washington D.C. in June 2024, so it was my great pleasure to receive ...
Created on 17 October 2024
15. Sahiyo U.S Executive Director Mariya Taher receives the 2024 Champion of Change Award
(News & Blog)
On October 5th, 2024, Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher received the 2024 Champion of Change Award, during the annual Asian Women’s Shelter’s (AWS) gala, “Hope and Action: Celebrating 36 Years ...
Created on 16 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)
... and Executive Director, Mariya Taher, expresses her excitement about this initiative and the work ahead, “FGM/C is such an unaddressed issue in Massachusetts, let alone the United States. We’re excited ...
Created on 26 September 2024
17. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
By: Samman Masud In August 2024, I, along with Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher attended the Asian-Pacific Institute for Gender Based-Violence (APIGBV) National Summit in San Francisco, California. ...
Created on 13 September 2024
18. FGM/C in California - Past, Present, and Future
(News & Blog)
... chance to learn in a safe space about the topic of female genital mutilation (FGM/C) through an interactive dialogue. Speakers will include Sahiyo U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher; Shivangi Mirsa of ...
Created on 11 September 2024
19. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Mariya Taher, the Executive Director of Sahiyo U.S., and other survivors in 2015 changed her perspective on how to approach the issue of FGC as well as the understanding of her role as a lawyer within ...
Created on 04 September 2024
20. Sahiyo's U.S. Executive Director will discuss transnational FGC at the United Nations in Genev
(News & Blog)
On July 3rd, Sahiyo’s co-founder and U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher will discuss cross-border and transnational female genital cutting (FGC) during the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations Human ...
Created on 28 June 2024