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1. Donate to Sahiyo
Created on 10 March 2021
2. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
3. FAQs
Created on 30 November -0001
4. Engaging the Next Generation: A Conversation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... from Sahiyo’s Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project, discussed the 2025 Bill that seeks to protect children from FGM/C, and concluded with ways in which students could get involved in addressing ...
Created on 10 April 2025
5. Reflecting on “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change” at CSW 69
(News & Blog)
On March 18, 2025, Sahiyo co-hosted a powerful parallel session during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women titled “Storytelling as a Tool for FGM/C Survivor-Centered Change.” Organized in partnership ...
Created on 21 March 2025
6. Sahiyo Releases Toolkit for Survivor and Community Engagement to Address FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... embraced as normal. We utilize collaborative grassroots campaigns, social mobilization, and storytelling techniques to train communities to build a critical mass of community-based voices against FGM/C ...
Created on 11 March 2025
7. Reflection on the Sahiyo Activists Retreat 2024: Zahara Kagalwalla
(News & Blog)
... from past activists: We had a viewing where we watched reflections from activists who participated in the Voices to End FGC workshop.  By hearing these reflections, I was reminded of the power of storytelling ...
Created on 18 February 2025
8. Join Sahiyo, the Asian Women’s Shelter, and Silence Speaks for a Parallel Event at the 69th Session of Commission on the Status of Women in New York
(News & Blog)
... in NYC. Sahiyo’s event, “Storytelling as a Tool for Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change,” will feature a selection of compelling stories from our Voices to End FGM/C program ...
Created on 11 February 2025
9. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... trans acceptance.  As a result, I created a digital story as part of the Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling project in the spring of 2022. Voices to End FGM/C is a joint digital storytelling project ...
Created on 06 February 2025
10. Sahiyo research uplifts how intersectionality impacts the movement to end FGM/C this February 6th
(News & Blog)
... and storytelling. Naquia Unwala is currently a medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is also a Research Associate at Cornell University where she studies homelessness, public ...
Created on 06 February 2025
11. What Not to Say
(News & Blog)
... women and girls can begin at home, where we can disrupt the slightest, subtle conversations that give preferential treatment to male children and men. The opportunity to participate in this storytelling ...
Created on 24 December 2024
12. Reflections on the Sahiyo Activist Retreat: A Transformative Experience
(News & Blog)
... for community outreach, effective ways to engage with policymakers, and how to use storytelling as a powerful tool for change. I also appreciated the safe space created during the retreat, which allowed ...
Created on 12 December 2024
13. Voices to End FGM/C 2024 Cohort Video Screening
(News & Blog)
... (FGM/C). In addition to viewing these 10 new poignant stories, attendees will hear from some of the storytellers themselves about their experiences in the storytelling workshop and their work to end FGM/C.  ...
Created on 15 November 2024
14. Perseverance and Power
(News & Blog)
... were amazing, assisting us through our storytelling and editing process. I want to raise awareness and help end this harmful practice. I want my story to give my fellow survivors the courage to speak ...
Created on 05 November 2024
15. I Am SORRY!
(News & Blog)
... survivors who spoke up ultimately led to a ban on FGM/C in The Gambia in 2015. I know the power of storytelling, which is also what attracted me to attend the 2024 Voices to End FGM/C workshop. This is ...
Created on 05 November 2024
16. My Journey to Advocacy
(News & Blog)
... the in-person workshop continued to grow. After hearing these women bravely open up and tell us their stories of being cut, I gained the courage to travel with them on this storytelling journey as a supporter, ...
Created on 05 November 2024
17. Staff Spotlight: Communications Assistant Kira Omans
(News & Blog)
Kira joins Sahiyo with a background in humanitarian advocacy, communications, community outreach, and storytelling. She completed her B.F.A. with a concentration in Stage and Screen Performance and a Communications ...
Created on 05 November 2024
18. How can you, as an ordinary person, help end female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... for showcasing how FGC impacts individuals globally. The power of storytelling in helping survivors heal and educate people on FGC is a vital tool in legislative advocacy. These stories help explain to ...
Created on 22 October 2024
19. Walking Together: My Experience at the Annual Walk to End Female Genital Mutilation in D.C.
(News & Blog)
...  I was honored to accept the Lisa C. Bruch Woman of the Year award on behalf of Amy Hill, who was being recognized for her service to survivors of FGM/C through the Voices to End FGM/C storytelling project, ...
Created on 17 October 2024
20. Sahiyo U.S Executive Director Mariya Taher receives the 2024 Champion of Change Award
(News & Blog)
... our Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project in culturally specific ways, which has been such a gift. Who knew that years after volunteering with them we'd still be working together and building ...
Created on 16 October 2024