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61. Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administratio
(News & Blog)
... also concerned. It’s disturbing watching the Trump administration blatantly conflate FGC and gender-affirming care. As we explained in a recent blog, this not only endangers trans and LGBTQ+ youth but ...
Created on 31 January 2025
62. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(News & Blog)
... Administration. While this is unfortunately not the first attempt made by government officials to co-opt anti-FGM/C legislation to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary youth, ...
Created on 31 January 2025
63. What Not to Say
(News & Blog)
... genital cutting. Her background features extensive engagement in human rights advocacy, including roles within the strategic communications department and participation in human rights for youth campaigns ...
Created on 24 December 2024
64. My Story, My Voice
(News & Blog)
... proudly represents several prestigious organizations, including CIVICUS World Alliance, the UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, and the Universal Periodic Review Kenya team, while also contributing as a ...
Created on 05 November 2024
65. I Am SORRY!
(News & Blog)
... youth development, human rights advocacy, and campaigns in the non-profit sector. She has dedicated her life to ending all forms of gender-based violence and her work contributed to the criminalization ...
Created on 05 November 2024
66. The Washington Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Dr. Muna Osman
(News & Blog)
...  Her approach involves empowering youth to assert their bodily autonomy, while also working to educate and engage adults in a respectful way.  "We need to empower the kids and tell them, 'say no.' I don' ...
Created on 24 October 2024
67. Reflecting on the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute for Gender Based Violence National Summit
(News & Blog)
... had great food, and made plans about the future of SOAR with a focus on areas of improvement, such as increasing youth representation, the importance of data collection and project duplication in our advocacy ...
Created on 13 September 2024
68. Turning Grief into Purpose
(News & Blog)
... the danger.” Gugulethu ‘Gugu’ Makhari is a dynamic force dedicated to championing women's rights, human rights, and youth empowerment on ...
Created on 12 January 2024
69. I Didn’t Dare Ask
(News & Blog)
... school. My peers mocked, despised, and isolated me; I was a loner thereafter. I lost my essence in an age when most youth are filled with exploratory exuberance.   What have you learned or most enjoyed ...
Created on 11 January 2024
70. Activist Saza Faradilla and End FGC Singapore spread awareness about FGC
(News & Blog)
... youth, who they hope will understand the harms of FGC and work towards prevention of it for future generations. This community-centered approach creates space for dialogue between communities and activist ...
Created on 26 September 2023
71. 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
72. Washington State becomes 41st state to pass law against FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... against this practice; our state's children and youth will greatly benefit from the work of this coalition.” ~Dr. Stephan Blanford, Executive Director, Children's Alliance   "It saddens me that it is ...
Created on 19 April 2023
73. Troubling Idaho House Bill 71 moves on to Senate
(News & Blog)
... Idaho Legislature has targeted Trans youth, another vulnerable community, by attempting to amend the existing FGM/C law. This amendment would prohibit gender-affirming healthcare from being performed on ...
Created on 24 February 2023
74. Session on FGM at the workshop Nayi Dishayein- Rethinking Development
(News & Blog)
... of women.  On 26th December, 2022, Sambhaavnaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics incorporated FGM/C into its Nayi Dishayein workshop, a 12-day course educating youth from across India on a wide ...
Created on 06 February 2023
75. An Emergency Within an Emergency: The Crises of Climate Change and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... presented by the Queen of England in Buckingham Palace. In 2018, she was recognized as the African Youth Leader of the year. She was nominated as the Human Rights Defender of the year in 2019. She is also ...
Created on 09 September 2022
76. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... and/or youth.    This project was produced by Sahiyo and Asian Women’s Shelter under 15POVC-21-GG-00988-NONF, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department ...
Created on 24 August 2022
77. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... as a right has been denied to trans individuals, which further deters LGBTQ+ individuals from seeking care. This has put LGBTQ+ youth at risk of facing wider health complications and neglect from the system. ...
Created on 01 August 2022
78. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... 2020 Spotify Sound Up cohort member, 2019 Player’s Theatre Resident Playwright, and 2018 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador. They are a Converse All Stars Artist and UN #TOGETHERBAND Global Ambassador. ...
Created on 31 May 2022
79. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... Fellow, 2020 Spotify Sound Up cohort member, 2019 Player’s Theatre Resident Playwright, and 2018 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador. They are a Converse All Stars Artist and UN #TOGETHERBAND Global Ambassador. ...
Created on 25 May 2022
80. Gender-Affirming Treatments are not Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... legislators in Texas and Idaho are looking to use pre-existing bans on FGC to block transgender youth from receiving life-saving, medically necessary gender-affirming treatments. This is a discriminatory ...
Created on 22 March 2022