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101. Training Recap: An Introduction to Female Genital Cutting with AshaKiran
(News & Blog)
... need for trauma-informed, culturally sensitive services, as well as the role of enhanced data, research, and community engagement to strengthen prevention, protection, and support for those at risk of ...
Created on 14 November 2024
102. To Speak
(News & Blog)
... no article or research paper could be. When I was presented with the opportunity to attend the workshop, I was a little hesitant at first because I was not a survivor of FGM/C. However, I later came to ...
Created on 05 November 2024
103. My Journey to Advocacy
(News & Blog)
...  Fadima Tall is originally from Cameroon and Mali but spent her formative years in Ethiopia. Currently serving as the Policy Research Associate at the US End FGM/C Network, she began her advocacy journey ...
Created on 05 November 2024
104. Interview with Zehra Patwa of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... work involves research studies, petitions, and creating a legal framework for legislation banning the practice: “Because India is the seat of the Bohra community — that’s where the religious head is ...
Created on 20 October 2024
105. Intern Spotlight: Fundraising and Auction Intern Elaina Baliner
(News & Blog)
... programs. This includes researching potential funding opportunities, writing grant proposals, and assisting with donor relations and fundraising events, such as our end-of-year Season of Giving campaign. ...
Created on 11 October 2024
106. Sahiyo U.S. Releases New Impact Report: Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy Program
(News & Blog)
... of laws, communities can begin to realize that harmful practices – even those perceived to be steeped in culture and/or religion – should not be perpetuated. Furthermore, research indicates that to achieve ...
Created on 20 August 2024
107. Intern Spotlight: Policy Intern Sara Khattak
(News & Blog)
...  I first found out about Sahiyo when I was researching FGC for a social justice philanthropy class last fall. I gathered information about the practice of FGC, who it affects, and what nonprofits were ...
Created on 15 August 2024
108. Advocacy & Travel Award
(Programs)
... individuals who have actively participated in advocacy campaigns, community outreach, or related activities (i.e., FGC research), and individuals interested in getting more involved in these types of efforts.  ...
Created on 14 August 2024
109. A Conversation On Intersectionality: Sahiyo and The U.S. Network Launch Pilot Project
(News & Blog)
... Sahiyo U.S.’s ongoing Critical Intersections Research Project, the two entities have joined forces for a pilot project around intersectionality and FGC.  In May, the U.S. Network and Sahiyo began sending ...
Created on 18 July 2024
110. That Old Familiar Violence - Reflecting on AAS 2024
(News & Blog)
... years of experience and dedicated research behind them. And then there’s me — an interloper. Existing on the outskirts of spaces is not an unfamiliar feeling to me. At the 2024 Association for Asian ...
Created on 18 July 2024
111. Volunteer Spotlight: Policy Intern Juliet Shires
(News & Blog)
... phase of Senate Bill 5453, which was passed last year, helping fill out plans going into next year and researching how other states have implemented their own FGC laws. How has your involvement with ...
Created on 11 July 2024
112. Starting the Dialogue: Sharing Your Experiences on Initiating Conversations with Men about Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... my master’s thesis on the cultural acceptance or condemnation of female genital cutting in the USA, engaging with fathers turned out to be pivotal in my research success and was central to my learning. ...
Created on 21 June 2024
113. Sahiyo Presents FGC 101 Training at ICASA’s Annual Conference
(News & Blog)
... and prevalence globally and in the United States, with specific statistics from Illinois. The presentation emphasized the need for stronger data, enhanced research, and community engagement to improve ...
Created on 16 June 2024
114. Headline: Understanding the Critical Intersections of FGM/C with other social injustices: Encouraging dialogue on cross-movement collaboration
(News & Blog)
In April, Sahiyo’s research team gave two presentations exploring data from our advocate and survivor-led Critical Intersections Research Project, the latest report from this project having been released ...
Created on 14 May 2024
115. Research
(Tags)
Research
Created on 23 June 2021
116. Understanding the effect of COVID-19 on gender-based violence in Nigeria
(Article tagged with: Research)
By Hunter Kessous In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hidden Scars and Magool have teamed up to offer biweekly webinars that amplify the voices of the grassroots organizations working to protect girls ...
Created on 28 July 2020
117. We did a project on FGC in college and learned our Bohra Classmates had undergone it too
(Article tagged with: Research)
... asked to do a project I was quick to gain support from my group to investigate this topic. We began our research. Our discussions and debates within the group, despite all efforts, became one-sided simply ...
Created on 10 May 2018
118. What I learned from survivors and advocates on my podcast about female genital cutting
(Article tagged with: Research)
... a topic that I would stick with for a year and then conduct in-depth research, write a research paper, and display my findings visually through an exhibition. In April 2020, I went home to Gilbert, Arizona, ...
Created on 15 June 2021
119. Why are Indian ethics committees still hesitant to approve studies on FGM/C? 
(Article tagged with: Research)
By Dr. Alifya In the past year, while making arduous efforts to obtain ethical approval for my research, I have come to understand the answer I was continuously receiving. “No.”  My colleague and I, ...
Created on 23 September 2022
120. Why human rights education, including FGC, is crucial for American classrooms
(Article tagged with: Research)
By Hunter Kessous Throughout high school, whenever I would tell people about my future goals to help survivors of female genital cutting (FGC), nine times out of ten the response would be, “What is FGC?” ...
Created on 13 July 2020