Bhaiyo Community Interest Meeting
February 23, 2023 @ All Day – On February 6th, Sahiyo released an impact report on our work with the Bhaiyo program to-date, Bhaiyo: A Male Ally Initiative to Support Ending Female Genital Cutting. This month the Bhaiyo program will also host a community meeting for current and prospective Bhaiyo members to come together, meet, and discuss male engagement in the […]
2023 Sahiyo International Women’s Day Silent Auction
March 8, 2023 – March 12, 2023 @ 8:00 am – 7:00 pm – On March 8 – March 12, we are planning Sahiyo’s first ever virtual silent auction fundraising event to raise $15K in support of our work to end female genital cutting. The auction will open on Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023 and close on Sunday, Mar. 12, 2023. During this 5-day event, we will celebrate women’s voices with video […]
There’s an App For That? Technological Innovation and Change Towards Ending Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting
March 8, 2023 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 am – As the possibilities of what can be accomplished by technology are expanding so too has the need to find new ways to incorporate it into existing activist strategies. Across the globe, technology is being used to address female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) innovatively. Defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as any procedure that involves the […]
Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration Live Kick-Off Event
March 8, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Sahiyo will hold its first ever virtual silent auction to raise $15K in support of our work to end female genital cutting. The auction will open on International Women’s Day, Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023 and close on Sunday, Mar. 12, 2023. To kick off our 5-day celebration of women’s voices, we are excited to announce that on Wednesday, […]
Protecting Children in Washington State from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
March 9, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful social norm practiced worldwide and the United Nations has declared it a human rights violation. A 2016 study by the Population Reference Bureau estimated that 25,000 girls and women living in Washington State are living with or at risk of undergoing FGM/C. They ranked the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area […]
Voices to End FGM/C Oct-Dec 2022 Cohort Video Screening
March 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – This event is not open to the public.
Activist Retreat Informational Session
April 11, 2023 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Join us to learn more about Sahiyo’s annual Activist Retreat! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodO2qqTorH9zqmBnRHmW1UlsNrJHHM5uW
Panel to raise awareness of FGC at Tufts University
April 14, 2023 @ All Day – On April 14th, Sahiyo U.S.’s Mariya Taher was invited to speak at a panel discussion on female genital cutting (FGC) by Women in International Relations (WIIR), an organization that is part of Tufts’ Institute for Global Leadership at Tisch College. WIIR hosted a panel on FGC as part of a broader conference on the topic of […]
Sahiyo Training for AWS Volunteers
April 15, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Closed training.
Training for the Prince George’s County Health Department on FGC
April 28, 2023 @ All Day – On April 28th, Karen McDonnell, Associate Professor at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health partnered with Sahiyo Cofounder Mariya Taher to provide a training for nearly 70 health care providers at the Prince George’s County Health Department on female genital cutting (FGC) and the role of health care professionals in prevention and […]