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101. Voices Series: Why I, as an artist, collaborated with survivors of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
This blog is part of a series of reflective essays by participants of the Voices to End FGM/C workshops run by Sahiyo and StoryCenter. Through residential and online workshops on digital storytelling, ...
Created on 05 July 2020
102. Voices Series: How listening to survivor's stories made me a better advocat
(News & Blog)
... sought participation in the Voices to End FGM/C workshop to better understand the patient experience of survivors of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). With increased awareness, I hope to be a ...
Created on 16 June 2020
103. Sahiyo Partner Organization Highlight: StoryCenter
(News & Blog)
... among survivors within their communities, with a focus on challenging the social norms sanctioning FGM/C, and encouraging an end to the practice. Sahiyo is honored to have Amy Hill, StoryCenter’s Silence ...
Created on 11 May 2020
104. Voices Series: Why I believe in the power of storytelling
(News & Blog)
... steps. When each of the participants would read out her unique take on their experience, I would get chills. It had so much of an impact, listening to what each survivor went through and how it had affected ...
Created on 18 March 2020
105. Voices Series: Why I keep sharing my personal khatna story, again and again
(News & Blog)
... of story-sharing has been cathartic, liberating and empowering. Women have told us they feel less isolated when they read or hear the stories of other survivors. Because storytelling focuses on emotion, ...
Created on 11 March 2020
106. Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation
(News & Blog)
February 6th marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. By Jenny Cordle When Comfort Dudzai was 9 years old, her father’s two sisters and her nanny took her ...
Created on 06 February 2020
107. Voices to End FGM/C Launch: 27 survivors and activists create videos to share their stories
(News & Blog)
Important links: Watch the Voices to End FGM/C survivor and activist videos here, as they are released every week. Read blogs by participants of Voices to End FGM/C by following the “Voices Series” here. ...
Created on 05 February 2020
108. Voices Series: Survivors are more than their stories
(News & Blog)
... Blue Ridge Mountains in the heart of Appalachia, I began to unravel. In a story circle with female genital mutilation (FGM) survivors and allies, I began telling a story that by now, I had committed to ...
Created on 05 February 2020
109. Utilizing Participatory Storytelling to Educate - A session at APHA 2019
(News & Blog)
... to End FGM/C project. Participants were able to view a sample of the digital stories created by survivors. They were also able to learn how by utilizing participatory storytelling methods, we can educate ...
Created on 02 December 2019
110. How the Sahiyo Activist Retreat helped me gain perspective from other khatna survivors
(News & Blog)
... seared in my mind and will never escape me. And while I don’t truly care to open old wounds, I want desperately for survivors to find a way to move forward and stop this practice within our community. ...
Created on 30 July 2019
111. Launching Global Voices to End FGM/C — An Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
(News & Blog)
... United Kingdom, India, Sweden, Singapore, and Bahrain. “As a survivor of FGC, it is empowering to be able to share my story in my own words, with my own choice of visuals, as opposed to my story being ...
Created on 29 July 2019
112. Seeking Storytellers for Voices to End FGM/C - A U.S. based digital storytelling workshop
(News & Blog)
For the second year, Sahiyo and StoryCenter will collaborate to host a 3-day in-person, U.S. based digital storytelling workshop from September 20th-22nd, 2019 for survivors of Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation ...
Created on 07 April 2019
113. Survivor of Mumbai: Plight to End Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
By Brionna Wiggins (An alias was provided to protect the survivor’s identity and family.) There was once a girl who was seven-years-old in Mumbai, India. She and her mother visited a woman so that ...
Created on 21 March 2019
114. Survivor Story
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Survivor Story
Created on 17 November 2022
115. Empowering Voices: The Launch of the Sharing Your Experience with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Guide
(Article tagged with: Survivor Story)
... between Sahiyo U.S., Silence Speaks, and the Asian Women’s Shelter.   This guide is designed to empower survivors, activists, and advocates by providing the necessary resources to learn how to share ...
Created on 12 September 2024
116. Grief to promoting education: Jacqueline’s inspiration to end FGM/C
(Article tagged with: Survivor Story)
... support of the practice in communities she works with has led to irreversible trauma for the women in their families and communities. “Everyone, especially parents of survivors, need to learn the truth ...
Created on 11 January 2024
117. My experience learning about Kukeketwa (FGC)
(Article tagged with: Survivor Story)
By Cecilia Mwakenya Trigger warning: this article contains graphic descriptions of female genital cutting (FGC). I was born and raised in Chachewa, a small village in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. Taita ...
Created on 29 March 2023
118. My first encounter of female genital cutting
(Article tagged with: Survivor Story)
... have haunting effects on survivors’ physical and psychological health. Women whose total or partial clitoris have been removed are prone to a variety of infections in addition to excessive pain and bleeding. ...
Created on 17 November 2022