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21. Webinar: Female genital cutting is an under-recognized form of gender-based violence in the U.S.
(News & Blog)
... between gender-based violence and female genital cutting. The audience, representing mostly Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) domestic violence/sexual assault organizations, identified many similarities ...
Created on 30 April 2021
22. Crave Foundation recognizes Sahiyo co-founder Mariya Taher as 2020 grantee
(News & Blog)
... genital cutting, domestic violence, or sexual assault. I understood how both culture, society, and even one’s family could play a part in perpetuating environments in which violence occurred, and I wanted ...
Created on 06 August 2020
23. Sahiyo talks about female genital cutting at 3rd Annual Intersections of Violence conference
(News & Blog)
On July 16th, Sahiyo Cofounder and U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher was invited to attend the 3rd Annual Intersections of Violence:  Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Conference ...
Created on 26 August 2019
24. Sahiyo's New Video Campaign: No More Female Genital Cutting -Volunteers Share Their Storie
(News & Blog)
As April is known as Sexual Assault Awareness month, as well as a National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is an issue which lies at the pivotal intersections between these ...
Created on 02 April 2019
25. U.S. Court's dismissal of FGM/C charge in Michigan case is disappointing, but does not condone genital cuttin
(News & Blog)
... violence such as domestic violence and sexual assault unfortunately continue despite the presence of laws against them. FGC also continues because as a social norm entrenched in the culture, this harmful ...
Created on 21 November 2018
26. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 6: Effects of FGM/C on the Lower Urinary Tract System
(News & Blog)
... local infection, tetanus, sepsis, hematometra, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, obstructed labor, severe obstetric lacerations, fistulas, and even death. While the psychological, sexual, and obstetric consequences ...
Created on 26 October 2018
27. Why Won’t Massachusetts Pass A Law Against Female Genital Cutting?
(News & Blog)
... is a form of violence. There are laws against domestic violence and sexual assault. We need a law against FGM/C as well. Read more: Sign Ban FGM in Massachusetts Change.org Petition Learn ...
Created on 06 August 2018
28. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 3: The Body and the Brain
(News & Blog)
... the bloodstream, in enormous amounts, when the freeze response is triggered. This can happen to people in car accidents, to sexual assault survivors and to people who are robbed at gunpoint. Sometimes ...
Created on 22 May 2018
29. Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 2: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(News & Blog)
... when the stressor has been of human design, such as in a violent personal/sexual assault (as in rape, torture, or Female Genital Cutting). These symptoms, which recreate the physical reliving of the trauma, ...
Created on 26 March 2018
30. White House Press Release Falsely links Gender Violence (and FGC) to Foreign Nationals
(News & Blog)
... lifetime.” Factually, there is no continent on which there hasn’t been some form of sexual harassment or assault, including Antarctica. If you want some stats on the issue, ...
Created on 21 February 2018
31. Sahiyo Activist Needs Assessment: Learning How To Support FGC Activists
(News & Blog)
... does FGC have long-term physical and psychological health impacts, but that it is also a form of child sexual assault and/or abuse given the lack of consent. Furthermore, activists acknowledge that FGC’s ...
Created on 07 February 2018
32. Our Petition
(News & Blog)
... to recognizing that the problem is a reality for many communities. We know that FGM/C is rooted in controlling female sexuality and is a form of gender violence.  It cuts across geography, socioeconomic ...
Created on 12 July 2017
33. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
(News & Blog)
... needed” to prevent them from becoming “hyper-sexual”.  We commend Dar Al Hijrah on their response to these remarks condemning FGM/C.   To further clarify, FGM/C is the same as female circumcision.  When ...
Created on 08 June 2017
34. Invest in ending FGC in Asia: Why Sahiyo and 33 organisations are petitioning the U.N.
(News & Blog)
... Drums, Lose the Knife We Speak Out Sambhaavnaa Sanctuary for Families Jane Doe Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence  ...
Created on 02 January 2017
35. Volunteer With Us
(Get Involved)
... your Experience with FGM/C” Volunteer Jumai Olumo assisted in an FGC 101 presentation at the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault State Conference.  ...
Created on 26 January 2016
36. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... FGM. “It is like a sexual assault”, says Areefa Johari who has spoken out publicly as a victim of FGM/C. There is also the fear of being expelled from the community. The Dawoodi Bohra, a small well-to-do ...
Created on 25 January 2016
37. FAQs
(Uncategorised)
... such as to control a woman’s sexuality by reducing her ability to obtain sexual fulfillment, which helps maintain the purity of a woman by keeping her a virgin until marriage, and faithful to her husband ...
Created on 11 January 2016
38. Reflecting on the FGC 101 Training at the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault Conference
(News & Blog)
By: Jumai Olumo-Saidu Attending and presenting at the annual Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) conference in Springfield, Illinois, was a transformative experience. As a volunteer at ...
Created on 30 July 2024
39. SAHIYO JOINS OVER 40 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN $13.2 MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN INITIATIVE
(News & Blog)
ARP Support for Survivors Program supports culturally-specific, community-based projects supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from Asian and Pacific Islander Communities in the ...
Created on 15 May 2023
40. Sahiyo leads training for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
(News & Blog)
On November 9th, Sahiyo team members volunteer Zahra Qaiyumi, Programs Intern Sarah Boudreau, and Programs Coordinator Cate Cox led a training for Massachusetts based Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs). ...
Created on 30 November 2021