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21. Sahiyo releases July 2021-June 2022 Annual Report
(News & Blog)
We’re excited to release our July 2021 to June 2022 Annual Report and hope you’ll take the time to learn more about how we’ve been working to end female genital cutting (FGC).  Over the past year at ...
Created on 07 December 2022
22. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... body and female sexuality is not feared or suppressed but embraced as normal. Sahiyo has 7-years of experience working with communities to empower people to end FGM/C and support survivors.   Asian Women’s ...
Created on 24 August 2022
23. PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website
(News & Blog)
... to help build a just and healthy world. Our public and custom workshops provide individuals and organizations with skills and tools that support self-expression, creative practice, and community building. ...
Created on 29 July 2022
24. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... action that has no basis in the crucial work to end FGC. Gender-affirming care can include social interventions, pubertal suppression, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries. Social interventions ...
Created on 22 March 2022
25. Struggle, belonging, and community: Sahiyo and StoryCenter hosted a Voices to End FGM/C screening
(News & Blog)
By Sandra Yu On August 19th, 2021, Sahiyo and StoryCenter co-hosted a film screening and panel discussion to highlight voices from the Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling workshop. The event ...
Created on 17 September 2021
26. Amidst the pandemic, Sahiyo releases 11 more Voices To End FGM/C stories
(News & Blog)
Press Release:  “The opportunity to participate in this webinar created a space for me to be vulnerable and feel supported while sharing the space with people who are doing just the same. Together, we ...
Created on 01 July 2021
27. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
... in Tanzania who bear the societal pressure to undergo FGC. Following the stories of several young girls in Tanzania and a charismatic African activist, Rhobi Samwelly, the audience is taken on an emotional ...
Created on 28 February 2021
28. PRESS RELEASE: Launching Sahiyo's Newest Program: Bhaiyo: Male Allies United in Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cuttin
(News & Blog)
Launching Sahiyo’s Newest Program, Bhaiyo: Male Allies United in Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Boston, Massachusetts, February 6, 2021 On Feburary 6th 2021, The International Day for Zero ...
Created on 06 February 2021
29. SEVEN, the first novel of its kind to address female genital cutting in the Bohra community, releases this month
(News & Blog)
SEVEN is being released in North America this September (Sept 5 Canada/Sept 29 U.S.). The novel sensitively addresses women’s relationships, sexuality, infidelity, intergenerational violence, religion ...
Created on 13 September 2020
30. Sahiyo India needs a part-time Communications Associate
(News & Blog)
... plans and strategies and drive them.  Draft and edit communications (e.g. reports, social media posts, press releases) Assist in maintaining web content and executing social media strategies for Sahiyo ...
Created on 24 August 2020
31. Protecting the girl child: The need for an anti-FGM law in India 
(News & Blog)
... to challenge the subversion and repression that they have been subjected to for decades. This has brought into the limelight the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), which thrives in the shadows ...
Created on 06 August 2020
32. Voices Series: Why I'm grateful for sharing my story of Female Genital Cuttin
(News & Blog)
... is a repulsion to go public from my family, and I absolutely understand that. Having to do this dialogue with my family and myself about being open or anonymous led me into a phase of depression where ...
Created on 05 May 2020
33. Sri Lanka’s first survey on FGM/C: Survivors need space to talk and access to medical care
(News & Blog)
...  Moreover, explaining the reluctance of the medical fraternity in engaging with the issue, the report observed, “Medical professionals expressed a reluctance to speak or engage publicly on the practice ...
Created on 14 April 2020
34. Voices Series: Survivors are more than their stories
(News & Blog)
... advocacy agendas, your story can evolve into a personal brand, even when you push back against the pigeonholing. At the retreat, I felt this pressure to produce a story that would compel more people from ...
Created on 05 February 2020
35. Global Call to Action From “Uniting forces to make female genital mutilation/cutting a practice of the past: A gathering for global civil society actors”
(News & Blog)
... what existing gaps there are, what are the costs of FGM/C, and what do we need to end this globally See call to action as PDF here.   Further Women Deliver blog posts: Joint Press Release: ...
Created on 04 September 2019
36. PRESS RELEASE: A pioneering Roundtable to Address Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Massachusetts
(News & Blog)
Download press release as PDF PRESS RELEASE: A pioneering Roundtable to Address Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Massachusetts    Boston, Massachusetts, 14 June 2019   On June 13, 2019, ...
Created on 15 June 2019
37. Multiple events on female genital cutting hosted at Women Deliver in Vancouver
(News & Blog)
...  Further Sahiyo Blog Posts on Women Deliver: Joint Press Release: ENDING FGM/C BY 2030: Uniting forces to make FGM/C a practice of the past  Global Call to Action From “Uniting forces ...
Created on 14 June 2019
38. Joint Press Release: ENDING FGM/C BY 2030: Uniting forces to make FGM/C a practice of the past
(News & Blog)
Download Press Release as PDF JOINT PRESS RELEASE:   ENDING FGM/C BY 2030: Uniting forces to make FGM/C a practice of the past  2nd June 2019, Vancouver (Canada)   3.9 million girls are at risk ...
Created on 04 June 2019
39. 31 US States Now Have Laws Against Female Genital Cutting, But Government Will Not Appeal in the Federal Michigan Case
(News & Blog)
On April 10, the U.S. Department of Justice decided not to appeal the November 2018 judgement by a US District Court which ruled that the federal law banning Female Genital Cutting is unconstitutional. ...
Created on 05 May 2019
40. Examining Female Genital Cutting and Intersectionality
(News & Blog)
... than perceived criminality, solidified my thinking about the relationship between power and oppression.    This thought was first introduced to me by Irfan Engineer, the son of Asghar Ali Engineer, a ...
Created on 27 November 2018