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21. An Emergency Within an Emergency: The Crises of Climate Change and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... The Economist, PBS NewsHour, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Mother Jones, CNN, and others. She has received fellowships from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the United Nations Foundation, ...
Created on 09 September 2022
22. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... the United States, the Centers for Disease Control estimates over half a million women and girls are impacted or at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Yet, few resources exist to support ...
Created on 24 August 2022
23. Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope
(News & Blog)
... to specialise in international law with the hopes of one day working for The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Shatize is very passionate about creating a safe space ...
Created on 03 August 2022
24. Aarefa Johari makes statement at Human Rights Council
(News & Blog)
On June 20th, Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari submitted an online oral statement on Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in Asia at the United Nations’ 50th Human Rights Council. The statement was made on behalf ...
Created on 07 July 2022
25. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: Turning my father and law colleagues into Bhaiyos
(News & Blog)
... or female genital cutting (FGC). I came across this term first when I read an article on the United Nations Development Programme website. A quick search then gave way to a compulsive need for prevention ...
Created on 14 March 2022
26. Reflecting on the critical intersections between anti-racism and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... experience of FGM/C with the goal of protecting girls from this abusive practice. Originally from Somalia, Hussein works as a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom and addresses the prevalence of FGM/C ...
Created on 08 August 2021
27. Addressing Critical Intersections: Anti-Racism and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... as a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom and addresses the prevalence of FGM around the world. As Leyla reminds us, FGM is a practice of oppressing women and controlling women’s sexuality. It’s not an ...
Created on 05 July 2021
28. Women should not be harmed because of societal norms
(News & Blog)
... the World Health Organization and the United Nations declared FGC a human rights violation. Then I introduced them to the groundbreaking Mumkin app created by two co-founders of Sahiyo, Priya Goswami and ...
Created on 29 April 2021
29. Sahiyo takes part in a variety of virtual NGO CSW 65 Forum events in March
(News & Blog)
... society side of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the official session taking place at the U.N. Headquarters. This provides civil society the opportunity ...
Created on 20 April 2021
30. Using Storytelling to Shift Social Norms and Prevent FGM/C: Event Reflection
(News & Blog)
By Cate Cox Sahiyo was honored to join StoryCenter to host the webinar, “Using Storytelling to Shift Social Norms and Prevent FGM/C,” during a parallel event for the 65th session of the United Nations ...
Created on 30 March 2021
31. The End FGM European Network hosts webinar: “Addressing female genital mutilation while leaving no one behind”
(News & Blog)
... woman, Muslim, Sudanese, young, and of the first generation to be living in United Kingdom, as well as how her multiple identities have shaped her everyday experiences. She shared her experiences of forming ...
Created on 29 March 2021
32. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
... so far, and continues to house girls in their time of need. To learn more about FGC in Tanzania: https://www.unfpa.org/news/girls-escaping-fgm-rural-tanzania-crowdsourced-maps-show-way-safety https://tanzania.unfpa.org/en/publications/fact-sheet-fgm-united-republic-tanzania ...
Created on 28 February 2021
33. Is the United Kingdom backing out of its commitment to end female genital cutting amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
(News & Blog)
By Olivia Bridge In the midst of a global pandemic set to the backdrop of Brexit, ending violence against women and girls (VAWG) appears to have slipped down the United Kingdom (U.K.) Government’s priority ...
Created on 22 December 2020
34. From Saving Safa to Seven: How authors use writing to shed light on FGC
(News & Blog)
... United Nations.  Yet when I saw Waris Dirie’s novel, Saving Safa, on the reading list for my leadership class, I immediately recognized it. The young, but strong face of Safa having become almost synonymous ...
Created on 08 October 2020
35. UNFPA launches 2020 State of the World Population Report
(News & Blog)
By Hunter Kessous On July 30th, the United Nations Fund for Populations Activities (UNFPA) hosted a virtual event to launch the 2020 State of the World Population Report. UNFPA is the sexual and reproductive ...
Created on 07 August 2020
36. How COVID-19 may increase gender-based violence, including FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... other United Nations agencies, governments, civil society, and non-governmental organizations, on how to assess the impact COVID-19 may have on FGM/C programs. The call to action includes integrating FGM/C ...
Created on 11 May 2020
37. The movement to end FGM/C: Looking back at the 2010s and looking forward in 2020
(News & Blog)
... (FGC). This is the decade in which we must give it our all, because we have pledged to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by 2030.  ...
Created on 11 January 2020
38. Understanding the Supreme Court’s latest judgement mentioning female genital cutting in India
(News & Blog)
... However, in September 2018, the bench referred the case to a five-judge Constitution bench. This meant that the practice of cutting a girl’s genitals — which the United Nations classifies as a human rights ...
Created on 17 November 2019
39. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
... and delivery. We distributed the brochures throughout the United States. In the summer of 2016, Filsan and I were interviewed by John Chua, PhD, for his documentary, The Cut. I participated in the End ...
Created on 17 November 2019
40. Sahiyo's Second Annual Retreat: A Space for Healing and Reflectio
(News & Blog)
... harness the power of our collective to make change.    Thanks to Sahiyo — which has a foothold in both South Asia and the United States — we are seeing momentum build toward a transnational movement ...
Created on 16 July 2019