Monthly Archive

2022

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 115 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Sahiyo’s Inaugural International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction
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Sahiyo’s Inaugural International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction

Dates: Wednesday, March 08 - Sunday, March 12, 2023 Website Link: https://sahiyo.org/get-involved/events/sahiyo-silent-auction.html Item Donation Link: https://forms.gle/b7cHAALDU8QemtSi6   ... read more..
CelebrateHer: Comedy & Auction
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CelebrateHer: Comedy & Auction

  Virtual Auction opens March 5th and closes March 9th, 2025. Join us for a fun evening of entertainment at our annual Comedy Show on March 5th, 5 p.m. PST/ 8 p.m. EST. Comedian line up coming s read more..
Get Involved by Joining Sahiyo’s Giving Circle
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Get Involved by Joining Sahiyo’s Giving Circle

Sahiyo’s Giving Circle is a community of donors committed to providing dialogue, education, and collaboration to end female genital cutting all year long through a monthly donation. Monthly giving is ... read more..
An Emergency Within an Emergency: The Crises of Climate Change and Female Genital Cutting
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An Emergency Within an Emergency: The Crises of Climate Change and Female Genital Cutting

Date: September 16th, 2022 Time: 9 am EST Register here today: https://bit.ly/AnEmergencyWithinAnEmergency    It is an understood global reality that women and girls are facing the harshest ... read more..
Volunteer spotlight: Editorial intern Urvashi Sharma
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Volunteer spotlight: Editorial intern Urvashi Sharma

  Urvashi is a senior at The Madeira School in Mclean, VA. She has been volunteering with Sahiyo since 2020, and is looking forward to taking her involvement one step further throu read more..
PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
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PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

This International Women's Equality Day Sahiyo and Asian Women’s Shelter Launch Nations First Community-Based, Culturally Responsive Hotline to Support Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting! ... read more..
How to have a dialogue: Storytelling & Conversations
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How to have a dialogue: Storytelling & Conversations

By Huda Syyed It took me a while to realise that research isn’t just about crunching numbers and gathering quantitative data. When dealing with issues such as female genital cutting (FGC), human inter... read more..
Sahiyo's Giving Circle
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Sahiyo's Giving Circle

GIVE THE GIFT OF EMPOWERMENT WHAT IS SAHIYO’S GIVING CIRCLE? Sahiyo’s Giving Circle is a community of donors committed to providing dialogue, education, and collaboratio... read more..
Volunteer spotlight: Programs intern Trisha Kini
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Volunteer spotlight: Programs intern Trisha Kini

Trisha is a recent graduate of UMass Amherst, with majors in public health and biology. She is passionate about health policy, health equity, and is a strong advocate for women’s rights. She currently... read more..
Conversation with a Bhaiyo: Advising a concerned father
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Conversation with a Bhaiyo: Advising a concerned father

By Urvashi Sharma I recently spoke with Mohammad Chappalwala about being a Bhaiyo, or male ally, and some of his experiences. It was a great opportunity to learn more about Mohammad’s story, and the w... read more..
Introducing a community-based, culturally-responsive Support Line for FGC survivors 
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Introducing a community-based, culturally-responsive Support Line for FGC survivors 

This past year, Sahiyo has collaborated with Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) on a number of trainings to educate staff, volunteers, and crisis line workers on the impact of FGC in the United States, as we... read more..
FGC in the United States: How Americans can help end this practice 
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FGC in the United States: How Americans can help end this practice 

By Katie Geren Female genital cutting (FGC) is a global issue. It happens in many countries, including the United States, though that is not often common knowledge here. I learned about FGC for the fi... read more..
Voices to End FGM/C 2022: Spring Cohort Video Screening
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Voices to End FGM/C 2022: Spring Cohort Video Screening

Date: August 24th  Time: 12 noon PDT, 3 PM EDT (U.S.) Registration link: https://bit.ly/Voices2022Screening    On Wednesday, August 24th at 12 noon PDT / 3 PM EDT, Sahiyo will host a sc... read more..
Share your story! Join the Voices to End FGM/C Fall 2022 Online Digital Storytelling Workshop
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Share your story! Join the Voices to End FGM/C Fall 2022 Online Digital Storytelling Workshop

Sahiyo is excited to announce that applications are open for our Fall 2022 Voices to End FGM/C online digital storytelling workshop, as part of our continued partnership with StoryCenter, a non-profit... read more..
Sahiyo Discusses book club holds next event in September
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Sahiyo Discusses book club holds next event in September

Event: Sahiyo Discusses: You Still Look the Same by Farzana Doctor Date: September 21, 2022 Time: 7:00 PM EST Registration Link: https://bit.ly/SahiyoDiscusses   Sahiyo invites you to join the ne... read more..
Activists Retreat Reflection: What community means to me
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Activists Retreat Reflection: What community means to me

By Zehra Patwa My fifth experience at the Sahiyo Bohra Activists Retreat in June 2022 was, once again, eye opening, supportive, and so much fun; in particular, because I met a whole new set of North A... read more..
Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope
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Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope

Shatize is a senior working towards her BA at Columbia University in New York. She is majoring in Human Rights with a specialisation in women’s studies and looking forward to attending NYU for law sch... read more..
Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
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Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor

By Trisha Kini On June 23rd, Sahiyo hosted their webinar A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor in honor of LGBTQ+ pride month. The event was moderated by Sahiyo U.S... read more..
Reflection on Sahiyo webinar: Understanding Social Norms to end Female Genital Cutting
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Reflection on Sahiyo webinar: Understanding Social Norms to end Female Genital Cutting

By Trisha Kini Sahiyo hosted the webinar Understanding Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting on July 1st. The event was moderated by Sahiyo co-founder, and winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award A... read more..
Activists Retreat Reflection: A shift that was needed
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Activists Retreat Reflection: A shift that was needed

By Amena Ali This was my second time participating in the Activists Retreat, and my first Retreat on the planning committee. I thoroughly enjoyed this year, and especially the shift from last year com... read more..
Activists Retreat Reflection: Umme's experience
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Activists Retreat Reflection: Umme's experience

By Umme Kulsoom Arif When I was first invited to join the 2022 Sahiyo Activists Retreat I was… terrified. I almost didn’t sign up. I wanted to be an activist and I wanted to do more with Sahiyo, but I... read more..
PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website
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PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website

July 31, 2022 – After five years of supporting survivors of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in sharing their stories, Sahiyo and StoryCenter announce the launch of a new website dedicat... read more..
Sahiyo and StoryCenter Release Eight NEW ‘Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting’ Stories created by Survivors and Advocates 
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Sahiyo and StoryCenter Release Eight NEW ‘Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting’ Stories created by Survivors and Advocates 

“Witnessing others be vulnerable and open in telling their stories helped to validate my experience. I was able to pull scattered thoughts and memories into a clear and concise picture.” ~Zahra, Voic read more..
Stories of survival, strength, solidarity and sisterhood
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Stories of survival, strength, solidarity and sisterhood

By Nevin Sulthan I am a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), and I have met many others from my community who have undergone the same violation. Even though there are many  survivors of F... read more..
Willing To Learn
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Willing To Learn

By Anonymous Attending the digital storytelling workshop was an opportunity that came by and seemed interesting. After the first meeting and learning more about the Voices To End FGM/C program, I was ... read more..
Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Social media intern Olachi Nwagwu
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Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Social media intern Olachi Nwagwu

Olachi is a UW-Madison graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Communications. She is an aspiring entrepreneur and content creator who is passionate about sustainability and community design based thinki... read more..
Sahiyo wins grant from Peace Development Fund
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Sahiyo wins grant from Peace Development Fund

Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at the Peace Development Fund for a core support grant award of $5,000.00. The Peace Development Fund supports organizations who are working to shift power,... read more..
The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C speaks with the Hartford Times
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The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C speaks with the Hartford Times

Within the U.S., there are currently 10 states without any laws in place to protect girls from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C); Connecticut is one of those states. Since 2021, the Connecticu... read more..
Training Social Workers to be more responsive to survivors of FGC
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Training Social Workers to be more responsive to survivors of FGC

On June 23rd, Caitlin LeMay, LCSW of the US End FGM/C Network, and Mariya Taher, MSW, MFA of Sahiyo, parterned to provide a workshop on Female Genital Cutting (FGC) for social workers through Boston C... read more..
Aarefa Johari makes statement at Human Rights Council
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Aarefa Johari makes statement at Human Rights Council

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 beh... read more..
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