Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Workshop

August 15, 2023 @ All Day – Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Hybrid Digital Storytelling Workshop, part of our continued partnership with StoryCenter and Asian Women’s Shelter. Since 2015, Sahiyo has provided various storytelling platforms for community members from all over the world to share their experiences with female genital cutting/mutilation (FGM/C) and advocate for preventing this harmful practice from occurring to the next generation […]
Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Workshop

August 22, 2023 @ All Day – Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Hybrid Digital Storytelling Workshop, part of our continued partnership with StoryCenter and Asian Women’s Shelter. Since 2015, Sahiyo has provided various storytelling platforms for community members from all over the world to share their experiences with female genital cutting/mutilation (FGM/C) and advocate for preventing this harmful practice from occurring to the next generation […]
Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Workshop

August 26, 2023 @ All Day – Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Hybrid Digital Storytelling Workshop, part of our continued partnership with StoryCenter and Asian Women’s Shelter. Since 2015, Sahiyo has provided various storytelling platforms for community members from all over the world to share their experiences with female genital cutting/mutilation (FGM/C) and advocate for preventing this harmful practice from occurring to the next generation […]
Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Workshop

August 27, 2023 @ All Day – Voices to End FGM/C 2023 Hybrid Digital Storytelling Workshop, part of our continued partnership with StoryCenter and Asian Women’s Shelter. Since 2015, Sahiyo has provided various storytelling platforms for community members from all over the world to share their experiences with female genital cutting/mutilation (FGM/C) and advocate for preventing this harmful practice from occurring to the next generation […]
Holding Conversation on Survivorship & Healing: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

September 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – We invite you to join Gulabi Stories on Tuesday, September 5th for an interactive discussion on the Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project. This project is mobilizing a critical mass of storytellers and activists from across the globe by bringing people together to share and heal from their experiences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), connect and grow as leaders […]
Activists Retreat 2023

September 15, 2023 – September 17, 2023 @ All Day – From September 15-17th, Sahiyo U.S. will host our 7th Activists Retreat in Atlanta, Georgia. Sahiyo hosts Activist Retreats to bring the Bohra community together in a safe space and discuss the issue of khatna (or female genital cutting) in efforts to collaboratively work towards ending it. Since 2018, over 60 people have taken part. Participants of the […]
Sahiyo Discusses: Cut Woman by Dena Igusti

September 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – Date: September 27, 2023 Tme: 7:00 PM EST Registration Link: https://bit.ly/SahiyoDiscusses On September 27, 2023 the group will meet virtually for Sahiyo Discusses: Cut Woman by Dena Igusti. Dena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game Over Books, 2020), which has been listed as a 2020 Harvard […]
Global Woman Awards

September 30, 2023 @ 11:30 am – Each year, Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation honors people who have contributed meaningfully to the campaign against FGM with the Global Woman Awards. Sahiyo’s U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher, received an award for her work in Policy Making and Legal accomplishments. Visit 2023 Global Woman Awards to register. Live at the National Sylvan Theater 11:30AM EST
SOAR November Member Training: FGM/C with Sahiyo

November 2, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – When: Thursday, November 2nd 11am-12:30 pm PT / 1-2:30 pm CT / 2-3:30 pm ET Where: Zoom | Click here to register & join! What We’ll Cover: Sahiyo, a SOAR member organization united against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), will provide an in-depth, interactive training about FGM/C as an underserved form of gender-based violence This training will feature […]
FGM/C: It’s Time to Talk About It

November 8, 2023 @ 9:30 am – Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is recognized in the US and internationally as a human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence. However, many social workers, advocates, and social service providers are not adequately equipped to address FGM/C in their practice. This workshop will provide an introductory foundation for understanding what FGM/C is, including its […]