Monthly Archive

2020

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 143 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Zahra Qaiyumi
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Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Zahra Qaiyumi

Zahra Qaiyumi completed her undergraduate education at The University of Maryland, studying Physiology, Neurobiology, and Spanish. Afterward, she pursued a Master’s degree in Physiology at Georgetown ... read more..
Voices Series: Why I still speak up about FGM/C
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Voices Series: Why I still speak up about FGM/C

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 work... read more..
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Voices Series: Why we must break the silence of FGM/C

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 work... read more..
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Supporting each other through COVID-19 and continuing our efforts to end female genital cutting

Dear Sahiyo community, We’re writing to let you know that we are so grateful to have you be part of the Sahiyo community, and even though we are living in unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemi... read more..
Voices Series: How I learned to tell my FGM/C story
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Voices Series: How I learned to tell my FGM/C story

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... read more..
Voices Series: Why I believe in the power of storytelling
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Voices Series: Why I believe in the power of storytelling

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... read more..
Sahiyo Staff Spotlight: Tania Parks
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Sahiyo Staff Spotlight: Tania Parks

Tania Parks works as Grants Coordinator at Sahiyo and is passionate about gender justice issues. She has held various roles at a domestic violence survivor advocacy non-profit in San Francisco called ... read more..
Voices Series: Why I keep sharing my personal khatna story, again and again
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Voices Series: Why I keep sharing my personal khatna story, again and again

 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 wor read more..
Voices Series: We should all speak up against female genital cutting
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Voices Series: We should all speak up against female genital cutting

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 work... read more..
An ode to every woman fighting social norms around the world
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An ode to every woman fighting social norms around the world

By Geethika Kodukula  Country of Residence: USA (This month, Indian news reported three disturbing incidents targeting women and girls. In the first, 68 students at a women’s college in Gujarat w... read more..
Voices Series: Why silence is our enemy
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Voices Series: Why silence is our enemy

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 work... read more..
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Khatna within the Bohra community: A Struggle of Tradition and Modernity

By Fatema Kakal (This is Part I in a series about female genital cutting within the Bohra community. Read Part II here) The Bohra Muslims, who have the reputation of being modern and progressive, secr... read more..
Voices Series: The power of naming
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Voices Series: The power of naming

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 work... read more..
Voices Series: Finding my voice through storytelling on female genital mutilation/cutting
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Voices Series: Finding my voice through storytelling on female genital mutilation/cutting

By Siti Kusujiarti In September 2019, I participated in the Voices to End FGM/C Workshop in Asheville. In this workshop I met with a group of amazing participants and facilitators. From the participan... read more..
Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation
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Survivor: Why labia elongation is female genital mutilation

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 a... read more..
Voices to End FGM/C Launch: 27 survivors and activists create videos to share their stories
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Voices to End FGM/C Launch: 27 survivors and activists create videos to share their stories

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” her... read more..
Voices Series: Survivors are more than their stories
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Voices Series: Survivors are more than their stories

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 work... read more..
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Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo Social Media Intern Farhan Zia

Farhan Zia joined Sahiyo’s team as a social media intern in 2019. He is an undergraduate student reading the law at Jindal Global Law School, in O.P. Jindal Global University, India. He researches the... read more..
How Melinda Gates’ Moment of Lift addresses female genital cutting
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How Melinda Gates’ Moment of Lift addresses female genital cutting

By Kristin Pepper In December 2019, our book club discussed Melinda Gates’ book, Moment of Lift, and experienced firsthand Melinda’s process ourselves. One of our members knew that the book mentioned ... read more..
Taking the anti-FGC movement forward, with Thaal Pe Charcha participants
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Taking the anti-FGC movement forward, with Thaal Pe Charcha participants

On 17th November 2018, Sahiyo hosted its seventh Thaal Pe Charcha (loosely translated as “discussions over food”) in Mumbai, India, with a diverse group of 17 participants. TPC is a flagship Sahiyo pr... read more..
When Thaal Pe Charcha participants met Mumbai's Veteran Activists
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When Thaal Pe Charcha participants met Mumbai's Veteran Activists

On 4th August 2018, Sahiyo hosted its sixth Thaal Pe Charcha (loosely translated as “discussions over food”) in Mumbai, India. TPC is a flagship Sahiyo program where Bohra women are brought together i... read more..
'I have convinced my friends to refrain from Female Genital Cutting'
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'I have convinced my friends to refrain from Female Genital Cutting'

On January 27, 2018, Sahiyo hosted its fourth Thaal Pe Charcha (loosely translated as “discussions over food”) in Mumbai, India, with a diverse group of 18 participants. TPC is a flagship Sahiyo ... read more..
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The movement to end FGM/C: Looking back at the 2010s and looking forward in 2020

By Sahiyo 2020 is here, and we at Sahiyo are excited. 2020 brings with it not just a new year, but the dawn of a new decade of hope and hard work for our global movement to end female genital cutting ... read more..
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