Monthly Archive

May 2022

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 9 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

31 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

You are not alone

By Maryan Abdikadir Why did you want to attend the workshop and share your story? I love storytelling and I come from a long line of storytellers and poets. I believe stories have a way of captur... read more..

31 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Releasing my unspoken words

By Anam I like to hear stories because they help me understand people. Sometimes, they help me understand myself. So, when I heard storytellers talk about their experience with female genital mutilait... read more..

31 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Magic of Intimacy

By Ibtisam Attending this workshop to share my story is now perhaps an opening to a bigger vision of what I call: Magic of Intimacy. I had viewed over a dozen Voices to End FGM/C stories and att... read more..

Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors

31 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors

By Dena Igusti I wanted to be a part of this year's Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling workshop so I could talk more about my experiences navigating being a non-binary survivor of FGM/C. Unfortu... read more..

31 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

A love letter to my mother who cut me

By Afiqa Years ago, I learned of Malay classical and modern manuscripts on sex and erotic imageries by Malay women writers at a talk. Most were written under pseudonyms or not given credit if not a ma... read more..

A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor

25 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor

Register Today: https://bit.ly/AQuietViolence Female genital cutting (FGC) is a form of gender-based violence that is often undermined by harmful gendered social norms. Whether done for ma read more..

16 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo presents at the MACA Conference

On May 10th, Sahiyo presented at the 12th Annual Massachusetts Children’s Alliance Conference. In attendance were over 200 multidisciplinary child abuse professionals from across the state. Sahiyo cof... read more..

Sahiyo’s Editorial Team introduces Zoom interviews!

12 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo’s Editorial Team introduces Zoom interviews!

Sahiyo’s dedicated staff have been working to expand our reach and build a close-knit community of survivors, advocates, and volunteers for years now, and as the world responds to COVID-19, digital co... read more..

Sahiyo speaks at the ABA International Law Section Annual Conference

11 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo speaks at the ABA International Law Section Annual Conference

On April 28th, Sahiyo was invited to take part in a panel discussion at the 2022 ABA International Law Section's Annual Conference being held in Washington D.C. The panel brought together a legal prac... read more..