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21. My experience learning about Kukeketwa (FGC)
(News & Blog)
... subjected to FGC when she was only nine years old. As the youngest of six siblings, with four older sisters, Tatu knew to expect what her female relatives called Kukeketwa, also known as FGC. However, ...
Created on 29 March 2023
22. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Doris Mukangu of the Amani Women Center
(News & Blog)
... During the study, there was a cry for help from these women to support their medical and emotional needs. What is your SOS initiative?  Amani’s Save Our Sisters (SOS) initiative seeks to secure medical ...
Created on 06 March 2023
23. CWCSEO issues press release on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... ensure that CT join our sister states in protecting children from harm." Steven Hernández, Executive Director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. "As a long time, Connecticut ...
Created on 06 February 2023
24. The urgency of climate change: Reflecting on my conversation with activist Domtila Chesang
(News & Blog)
... mother did not pressure her to undergo the practice. “Apart from one of my younger sisters going through it, none of the other girls from my family went through it after myself. So I became the first ...
Created on 15 December 2022
25. Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope
(News & Blog)
... end up like her older sister, who had died from being forced to undergo FGC. When I later asked my mom what FGC was, she told me it was a bad thing bad men do to girls and women. I looked it up for myself ...
Created on 03 August 2022
26. Stories of survival, strength, solidarity and sisterhood
(News & Blog)
By Nevin Sulthan I am a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), and I have met many others from my community who have undergone the same violation. Even though there are many  survivors of FGM, ...
Created on 22 July 2022
27. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Programs assistant Meg Sinnott
(News & Blog)
... the speakers' personal stories shocked me into understanding the reality of FGC. It is not to say that I had no feelings of sisterhood with women affected by FGC, but through storytelling, I could picture ...
Created on 06 April 2022
28. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: My experience with different Bhaiyos 
(News & Blog)
... as unscientific and unnecessary, my sister and I did not go through it while we were young. My mother and grandmothers, who had all gone through Khatna themselves, were initially hesitant to not follow ...
Created on 22 March 2022
29. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... appointed to the US Advisory Board. How has your involvement impacted your life?  I gained a family of "sahiyos" or "sisters" relentlessly pursuing a far better world for children everywhere, through ...
Created on 10 December 2021
30. Scenarios by Sahiyo Part Two
(News & Blog)
This is part two of the ‘Scenarios by Sahiyo’ series, created by Kamakshi Arora and Beth Fotheringham. The story follows Zoeb, as he realizes that his sister, Zara, is a survivor of female genital cutting. ...
Created on 08 December 2021
31. Introducing: Scenarios by Sahiyo
(News & Blog)
... of a brother and sister, Zoeb and Zara, and their experience discussing female genital cutting; this will highlight the necessity of breaking down barriers between men and women to communicate about such ...
Created on 24 November 2021
32. Understanding female genital mutilation/cutting: An ally’s call for action
(News & Blog)
By: Farhanaz Hazari  Age: 18 My fight against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can be traced back to the day my mother and sister had a discussion with me on how young girls from the age of ...
Created on 08 September 2021
33. My experience of learning about female genital cutting: An outsider’s perspective
(News & Blog)
... in location takes place for the woman, as her guardianship is being transferred.  I recently attended my brother’s wedding in India whereby the next morning my sister-in-law had to leave her house and ...
Created on 27 July 2021
34. Using purity as a means to control women through Christianity and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
...  Evangelical America I grew up as a minister’s daughter and one of eight children with five sisters and two brothers. My dad was a minister at an evangelical church in Boston, Massachusetts. While the ...
Created on 15 June 2021
35. Sahiyo, RAHMA and HEART discuss HIV, FGM/C and sexual health during workshop
(News & Blog)
by Zahra Qaiyumi Sahiyo partnered with RAHMA and HEART on March 13 to host the My South Asian Sisters (MYSAS) workshop. The conference engaged women of South Asian descent in Washington, D.C. to take ...
Created on 12 April 2021
36. Four women who were pivotal to the movement to end female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... and she said they “decided to speak about the harmful consequences on women’s health caused by the practice with their ‘adoptive sisters’ , as well as with their husbands.”  Thanks ...
Created on 25 March 2021
37. Why one Bohra woman shared her experience with female genital cutting publicly
(News & Blog)
... and sister.” Despite being considered a progressive community, many members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Shia Islam still prioritize female genital cutting, or khatna, for girls as young as 7 years old. ...
Created on 15 January 2021
38. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Aarefa
(News & Blog)
... I had the opportunity to visit Islamabad, Pakistan. It was a lovely, emotional experience because of the long history between our two countries that are really just like sisters who have been separated ...
Created on 08 December 2020
39. More Than A Survivor: An interview with Mubaraka
(News & Blog)
... while listening to my music, put on a face mask, and get myself something to drink. I then talk to my family for a while, and schedule a time for lunch with my sister so we can try to eat together. After ...
Created on 01 December 2020
40. Dear Maasi: How do you navigate being a public advocate on female genital cutting while dating?
(News & Blog)
... admired and envied my activist sisters who could openly discuss their survivor experiences. While they were the best role models and supporters, I couldn’t follow their examples. When I tried, I’d dissociate, ...
Created on 16 November 2020