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61. Legislative Updates: Connecticut Moves Closer to Passing a Bill to Support Survivors of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Connecticut Coalition to End FGMC held a press conference to raise awareness about FGM/C and introduce House Bill 6596: An Act Concerning The Prevention Of Female Genital Mutilation. This proposed bill ...
Created on 18 February 2025
62. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
... occurring in Maine. Then Governor Paul Lepage, stated during a press conference that the MaineCare health program paid out numerous claims for mutilation-related care, including treatment for children ...
Created on 20 January 2025
63. Empowered and Ignited
(News & Blog)
... shame and gained acceptance of their being whole again.  What have you learned or most enjoyed at the retreat? I have learned that FGM/C shouldn’t pin me down or suppress my voice, but rather inspire ...
Created on 18 January 2025
64. The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Caitlin LeMay
(News & Blog)
... to create “Calls to Action" (such as this one), drafting press releases, and other logistical support for volunteers. The Network is also involved with several other Coalitions working at similar goals. ...
Created on 20 August 2024
65. Sahiyo is thrilled The Gambia decided to keep the FGC ban in place!
(News & Blog)
... Press she celebrated with others in front of parliament. “It's such a huge sense of relief, but I believe this is just the beginning of the work.” We’d like to thank our fellow activists and the myriad ...
Created on 23 July 2024
66. A Conversation On Intersectionality: Sahiyo and The U.S. Network Launch Pilot Project
(News & Blog)
... oppressions and FGC. Topics addressed by the questions include ties between FGC and religion, the conflation of gender-affirming care and FGC, racial stereotyping, and more. The goals of this initiative ...
Created on 18 July 2024
67. Headline: Understanding the Critical Intersections of FGM/C with other social injustices: Encouraging dialogue on cross-movement collaboration
(News & Blog)
... on April 24th, was in collaboration with the World Bank Group’s FGM Legal Working Group. Critical Intersections of FGM/C: Law and Policy in Systems of Oppression found attendees drawing on their current ...
Created on 14 May 2024
68. Sahiyo publishes second report from Critical Intersections Research Project
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo U.S. is excited to announce the publication of Examining Intersections Between Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting And Social Oppressions: A Mixed Methods Study, the second of three reports from our ...
Created on 02 February 2024
69. Reflecting on Sahiyo’s Voices Healing Circle
(News & Blog)
... over the years for their courage and resilience in sharing their stories with us and the world, and express our admiration for those taking steps towards breaking the silence and fostering understanding ...
Created on 11 January 2024
70. FGC 101 Training for Volunteers at Asian Women's Shelte
(News & Blog)
... volunteers with essential knowledge and foundational skills for understanding the pressing issue of female genital cutting (FGC), both globally and within their communities in the United States. The ...
Created on 14 November 2023
71. L'Oréal Paris Inducts Ten Extraordinary Changemakers into Its Signature Philanthropic Initiative, Women of Wort
(News & Blog)
In its 18th year, the program recognizes 10 women and their commitment to addressing the nation's biggest issues through their non-profit work NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, #1 global ...
Created on 07 August 2023
72. Six Tips for Stress Reduction: Exercising Your Vagus Nerve to Heal Pelvic Pain
(News & Blog)
... my palms are getting warmer; my wrists are getting warmer.” This technique helps to reset your autonomic nervous system and promotes feelings of calm by improving blood pressure, circulation, and pain ...
Created on 29 May 2023
73. Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy
(Programs)
...  Joint Press Release: ENDING FGM/C BY 2030: Uniting forces to make FGM/C a practice of the past Op-Ed: A Global Platform to End FGM/C Women Deliver 2019 PreConference on ...
Created on 29 April 2023
74. The Climate Crisis & Human Rights
(News & Blog)
... people came up to me expressing their shock and deep concern that these harmful practices even existed in the regions and/or communities they lived in. There were people learning about FGC for the first ...
Created on 20 February 2023
75. 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
76. Struggle, belonging, and community: Sahiyo and StoryCenter hosted a Voices to End FGM/C screening
(News & Blog)
... collection succeeded tremendously in capturing the core concept of oppressive social norms. Almost reminiscent of short vignettes, each digital story actualized the abstract concept of social norms into ...
Created on 17 September 2021
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. 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