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41. Experiencing Sahiyo’s Activist Retreat in Mumbai
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... be a part of the Sahiyo’s Activist Retreat in Mumbai, and met such wonderful people who, in my eyes, were nothing short of superwomen.  I cannot even begin to describe how amazing it is to meet like-minded ...
Created on 07 March 2019
42. A mother's side of the story on female genital cuttin
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By Priya Ahluwalia Priya is a 22-year-old clinical psychology student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai. She is passionate about mental health, photography, and writing. She is currently ...
Created on 22 January 2019
43. The Legal Side of Khatna or Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
By Priya Ahluwalia Priya is a 22-year-old clinical psychology student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai. She is passionate about mental health, photography and writing. She is currently conducting ...
Created on 04 December 2018
44. Thaal Pe Charcha Launches in California
(News & Blog)
... setting so that they can bond over food and discuss issues that affect their lives, like Female Genital Cutting or Khatna. The program started in Mumbai, India in 2017 and is being piloted in the United ...
Created on 15 November 2018
45. Aarefa Johari and Masooma Ranalvi discuss FGC at We the Women Bangalore
(News & Blog)
... and the significance of a law against it. You can watch the complete video of the discussion here. The event was a follow up to a similar We the Women summit in Mumbai in December 2017, when Sahiyo ...
Created on 05 November 2018
46. Topple the system- question the microaggressions
(News & Blog)
By Priya Ahluwalia Priya is a 22-year-old clinical psychology student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai. She is passionate about mental health, photography, and writing. She is currently ...
Created on 04 October 2018
47. Sahiyo co-founders win Laadli and ShoorVeer Awards in India
(News & Blog)
... also ordered the state police to take strict action against anyone found practicing FGC. ShoorVeer Awards Sahiyo’s co-founders Insia Dariwala and Aarefa Johari won the ShoorVeer Awards 2018 in Mumbai ...
Created on 19 September 2018
48. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... based in Mumbai, India. She has 4 years of experience as a reporter and feature writer with Hindustan Times, a national daily, and currently works with Scroll.in, an online publication. She reports on ...
Created on 16 September 2018
49. WeSpeakOut spearheads two-day workshop on ending FGC in India
(News & Blog)
... of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai on August 1 and 2. The symposium, titled “Strategy-building Workshop on FGM/C in India”, was organised in partnership with TISS, Nari Samata Manch and Sahiyo. More ...
Created on 13 September 2018
50. Understanding Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting (2022-07-01)
(Events Calendar/Understanding Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting)
... journey to end FGC. Our event will be moderated by Sahiyo co-founder, Aarefa Johari. Based in Mumbai, Aarefa is a Sahiyo co-founder and activist against Female Genital Cutting. She is also a talented ...
Created on 29 June 2022
51. "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
52. 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
53. When Thaal Pe Charcha participants met Mumbai's Veteran Activist
(News & Blog)
On 4th August 2018, Sahiyo hosted its sixth Thaal Pe Charcha (loosely translated as “discussions over food”) in Mumbai, India. TPC is a flagship Sahiyo program where Bohra women are brought together in ...
Created on 12 January 2020
54. Sahiyo Hosts 'Thaal Pe Charcha' Iftar Party in Mumba
(News & Blog)
On May 11, Sahiyo India hosted a special Thaal Pe Charcha “Iftar” dinner in Mumbai during the holy month of Ramzan. The event was attended by 24 women and men from the Bohra community, who came together ...
Created on 27 May 2019
55. Survivor of Mumbai: Plight to End Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
By Brionna Wiggins (An alias was provided to protect the survivor’s identity and family.) There was once a girl who was seven-years-old in Mumbai, India. She and her mother visited a woman so that ...
Created on 21 March 2019
56. Experiencing Sahiyo’s Activist Retreat in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
... be a part of the Sahiyo’s Activist Retreat in Mumbai, and met such wonderful people who, in my eyes, were nothing short of superwomen.  I cannot even begin to describe how amazing it is to meet like-minded ...
Created on 07 March 2019
57. Miti sitabi: Sahiyo hosts a special edition of Thaal pe Charcha in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo’s fifth Thaal pe Charcha event in Mumbai on April 7 was perhaps its most special one so far. On popular demand by the regular participants of the group, this Thaal pe Charcha was a miti sitabi — ...
Created on 16 April 2018
58. Part-time Admin Assistant Position Available in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
Administration position currently available in Mumbai, India. The individual should be able to commit to 30 hours per month for 7 months (August 1, 2017, until March 31, 2018) in this role. This position ...
Created on 12 July 2017
59. Announcement: A new research project on Khatna in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
by Keire Murphy and Cleo Egli An exciting new research project is being undertaken in Mumbai and its environs this summer which hopes to bring a new perspective to the international discussion of khatna. ...
Created on 20 June 2017
60. Part-time Translator Job Opportunity in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
Looking for an individual willing to assist in translation between Gujarati and English, with a preference for those also able to speak Lisan al-Dawat, for the month of July in Mumbai and surrounding provinces. ...
Created on 17 June 2017
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