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21. The African Women’s Clinic: An Interview with Australia’s Only FGM/C Clinic
(News & Blog)
By: Kiah Leone While in Australia, I had the privilege of speaking with Marie Jones and Nigisti Mulholland from The African Women’s Clinic in Victoria, Australia to learn more about their clinic, the ...
Created on 27 February 2024
22. A Personal Journey: Breaking the Silence on FGM
(News & Blog)
... School of Law. With a strong commitment to advocacy and community service, she has volunteered and interned at organizations like Northwest Immigrants Rights and YWCA Sexual Violence Legal Services. Isatou ...
Created on 11 January 2024
23. Breaking the Cycle: A Journey in Women's Health and FGM/C Awarenes
(News & Blog)
... influences on an individual’s experience with sexual and reproductive healthcare. In her diverse public health career, she has contributed to projects including human-centered design to address female ...
Created on 11 January 2024
24. Insights from Sahiyo and TightLipped's Collaborative Webina
(News & Blog)
On December 6th, Sahiyo and Tight Lipped co-hosted an empowering webinar titled, "Pain, Stigma, and Sexual Health: Healing Through Storytelling.” The event shed light on the different aspects of healing ...
Created on 12 December 2023
25. FGM/C Sexual Education & Prevention: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
By Kiah Leone In celebration of World Sexual Health Day, I sat down with Dr. Awwad, the co-founder of Egypt’s first-ever multidisciplinary female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) clinic, Restore, to ...
Created on 13 November 2023
26. Sahiyo receives grant from Resist
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at Resist for a core support grant award of $4,000 per year for three years. Resist supports organizations that organize within communities for structural, social, ...
Created on 13 October 2023
27. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo publishes Examining the Current State of Critical Intersections: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Social Oppressions report
(News & Blog)
... similarly, survivors of the #MeToo movement lost autonomy over their bodies through experiences of sexual violation. Queer Gender and Sexuality: the practice of FGM/C itself forces survivors to comform ...
Created on 03 October 2023
28. Psychosexual Care for FGM/C Survivors: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
By Kiah Leone In celebration of World Sexual Health Day on September 4th, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Awwad to learn about the types of care and support Restore offers survivors as they ...
Created on 04 September 2023
29. Sexual pleasure after female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Derrick Simiyu “Female genital cutting is practiced to control women's sexuality.” This statement was one of the first things I learned as I read through materials on Sahiyo’s website when I began ...
Created on 11 August 2023
30. Sahiyo receives grant from South Asian Bar Association of North America
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America Foundation for a core support grant award of $6,500. The SABA Foundation supports access to justice ...
Created on 02 August 2023
31. 2023 Kigali Declaration launched at the Women Deliver Pre-Conference
(News & Blog)
... and actions, with women-led organizations and the feminist movement at the center, for women and girls’ bodily autonomy and sexual and reproductive health and rights. It also includes a call for a global ...
Created on 20 July 2023
32. Volunteer Spotlight: Events & Programs Intern Derrick Simiyu
(News & Blog)
... that supports girls in areas of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). What was your experience of learning about female genital cutting (FGC) for the first ...
Created on 30 May 2023
33. Mindful Movement for Pelvic Pain
(News & Blog)
... sexual effects for the person who has undergone it. Some individuals who have undergone FGC continue to report pelvic pain beyond the initial stage of tissue healing. Persistent pelvic pain can be an overwhelming ...
Created on 25 May 2023
34. 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
35. Volunteer spotlight: Aries Nuno
(News & Blog)
... their sexual and reproductive health. Currently, she works for the Center for Communication Programs, where she is actively involved in the formative research process to address FGM/C in Ebonyi, Nigeria ...
Created on 09 February 2023
36. CWCSEO issues press release on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... reasons to control a girl’s sexuality and make her acceptable for marriage and to the community in which she lives. It is usually performed on young girls between the ages of birth and puberty. It is an ...
Created on 06 February 2023
37. Session on FGM at the workshop Nayi Dishayein- Rethinking Development
(News & Blog)
... members of our society. Being a male member of a community that practices this, I believe it is my responsibility to spread awareness regarding this harm that is often done to seek control of the sexuality ...
Created on 06 February 2023
38. Volunteer spotlight: Naquia
(News & Blog)
... Public Health and a minor in Spanish. She is passionate about destigmatizing sexual and reproductive health, supporting immigrant and refugee communities, and promoting cultural humility in health care. ...
Created on 18 January 2023
39. Self-Love & Body Image  
(News & Blog)
By Trisha Kini Body image, which is closely tied to mental health and general wellbeing, refers to the way one perceives their body and the positive, negative, and/or neutral feelings that arise from ...
Created on 17 January 2023
40. Healing as Activism: Finding my way out of the darkness
(News & Blog)
... and victims of sexual violence for over 6 years now. I have organized events, workshops, table events, and worked hundreds of hours as a medical advocate and hotline volunteer for these organizations to ...
Created on 01 December 2022