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61. Conversations on khatna and social norms with Mumbai community workers
(News & Blog)
On October 6, Sahiyo co-founders Insia Dariwala and Aarefa Johari were given an opportunity to introduce the topic of Female Genital Cutting to a host of grassroots social workers in Mumbai. This opportunity ...
Created on 21 October 2016
62. Sahiyo receives IAWRT grant to conduct media workshop in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
... in Mumbai, this August.   Media has played crucial role in informing people at large about the practice of female genital cutting or khatna In India and bringing this critical issues to the forefront. ...
Created on 05 July 2016
63. Sahiyo at a unique Women’s Day event in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
On March 8, Sahiyo marked International Women’s Day by participating in a unique rally at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan. The event, called ‘Breaking Barriers, Claiming Spaces – Women Unite to Demand Equal Rights ...
Created on 12 April 2016
64. 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
65. 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
66. 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
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. Magic of Intimacy
(News & Blog)
... in nature and interacting with people in person. She has graduated from the University of Mumbai with Honours, trained with Relate in UK, to become an experienced relationship counsellor and psychosexual ...
Created on 31 May 2022
72. 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
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Aarefa
(News & Blog)
... up of all the moments in our lives, not just one. Interview: Where do you live? I live in Mumbai, India. Where’s the favorite place you have traveled to, lived in, or would like to visit?  In 2015, ...
Created on 08 December 2020