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3. Sahiyo research uplifts how intersectionality impacts the movement to end FGM/C this February 6th
(News & Blog)
... other social justice movements, strengthens our overall work to end FGM/C.   Speakers:  Aarefa Johari is a journalist and feminist activist based in Mumbai, India. She has been advocating for an end ...
Created on 06 February 2025
4. "The Beginning" screened at a special Thaal Pe Charcha event in Mumba
(News & Blog)
By Aarefa Johari On October 26, 2024, Sahiyo hosted a Thaal Pe Charcha, or TPC, event in Mumbai. TPC is Sahiyo's flagship program initiated by the Sahiyo team in India, bringing small groups of community ...
Created on 11 December 2024
5. Reflecting on a Screening of The Beginning, a Film Directed by Sahiyo Co-founder Insia Dariwala
(News & Blog)
... from the audiences after the screening. But the one message that deeply touched her was from a Mumbai-based FGM/C survivor Sarah Shabbir* who wrote: "My name is Sarah and I recently came across your work ...
Created on 27 August 2024
6. Passion, Purpose, Party: My take on Sahiyo's Activists Retrea
(News & Blog)
By Lubaina Plumber I remember being 21-years-old, a wide-eyed, aspiring human rights lawyer in Bombay (Mumbai for those who don’t properly identify with the ethos and pulse of the city that never sleeps) ...
Created on 08 December 2023
7. Events and Programs Intern Tanya Samyak receives PLP Acceptance from Simmons University
(News & Blog)
... organization based in Mumbai, India and Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA, whose mission is to empower Asian and other communities to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and to create positive social ...
Created on 07 December 2023
8. Why are Indian ethics committees still hesitant to approve studies on FGM/C? 
(News & Blog)
... several committees in Mumbai for ethical clearance, including the ethics committee of our respective places of employment. However, no one responded. We eventually changed our jobs and approached these ...
Created on 23 September 2022
9. Notre Webinaire À Venir: Comprendre les normes sociales pour mettre fin aux mutilations génitales féminines
(News & Blog)
... Johari. Habitante de Mumbai, Aarefa est une activiste contre le MGF. Elle est également une journaliste talentueuse et lauréate du prix Chameli Devi Jain. Concernant nos principales intervenantes ...
Created on 22 June 2022
10. Upcoming webinar: Understanding Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... an end to female genital cutting.   Our Panel This event will be moderated by Sahiyo co-founder, Aarefa Johari. Based in Mumbai, Aarefa is a Sahiyo co-founder and activist against FGC. She is also ...
Created on 20 June 2022
11. Magic of Intimacy
(News & Blog)
... techno world. She loves to travel, learn about other cultures via food, stories & spending time in nature and interacting with people in person. She has graduated from the University of Mumbai with ...
Created on 31 May 2022
12. Sahiyo India holds guest lecture for students in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
On March 5th, in the run up to International Women's Day, Sahiyo India was invited to hold a guest lecture on female fenital cutting (FGC) for first-year students of Mumbai's BMN Women's College of Home Science; ...
Created on 09 March 2022
13. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... Candy, Hinduja Healthcare Surgical and Holy Family hospitals in Mumbai. He currently is a member of the Governing Boards of Ipas, the Guttmacher Institute and Centre for Catalysing Change, as well as the ...
Created on 14 January 2022
14. 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
15. 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
16. Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Social Media Intern Kamakshi Arora
(News & Blog)
... from The University of The Arts. Originally from Mumbai, India, she moved to the United States to pursue higher studies. She is particularly interested in using a transdisciplinary, participatory approach ...
Created on 18 June 2021
17. Saved by a lie: A story of female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Zainab Khambata Age: 17 Place of residence: Mumbai, India My maternal grandmother prides herself on being the perfect blend of modernity and religion. But when it came to her own daughter who ...
Created on 18 April 2021
18. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... Mutilation in India  Mumbai Women’s group rallies support to end female genital mutilation by 2030 The Tipping Point: Can the World End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Through Her Lens, Filmmaker ...
Created on 02 March 2021
19. Sahiyo Awards and Distinctions
(News & Blog)
... Mariya and Sahiyo’s innovative approach to defending human rights through storytelling. Insia Dariwala and Aarefa Johari won the ShoorVeer Awards 2018 in Mumbai. The awards, given by the organisation ...
Created on 02 March 2021
20. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Nevin
(News & Blog)
... Where’s the favorite place you have traveled to, lived in, or would like to visit? I will always love to run back to Mumbai. The anonymity in Mumbai where no one cares how you are dressed or what you ...
Created on 10 December 2020