Monthly Archive

April 2023

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 17 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy

29 Apr

Programs

Sahiyo

Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy

Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy Since its founding in 2015, Sahiyo has supported policy work to address female genital cutting (FGC) at the global, national, state, and local levels. We re... read more..

Sahiyo holds first Voices to End FGM/C Healing Circle

24 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo holds first Voices to End FGM/C Healing Circle

On March 13th, Sahiyo held our first Voices to End FGM/C Healing Circle in partnership with StoryCenter and Asian Women’s Shelter. As the Voices to End FGM/C project has grown over the past 5 years wi... read more..

Sahiyo Announces it’s 8th Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Workshop

24 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo Announces it’s 8th Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Workshop

Sahiyo is happy to announce we’re hosting our first hybrid-format Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Workshop this August 2023! During this workshop, each participant will learn to create their ... read more..

Upcoming screening of the Fall 2022 Voices To End FGM/C digital stories

24 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Upcoming screening of the Fall 2022 Voices To End FGM/C digital stories

Our latest stories from the 7th Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Workshop have been released! Sahiyo, StoryCenter, and Asian Women’s Shelter will be hosting a screening of these newest v read more..

Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa

24 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa

Zehra Patwa, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Chair, is the Co-Founder and U.S. Lead of WeSpeakOut, an organization that strives to work for equal rights for Bohra women in all spheres of life, sp... read more..

Volunteer spotlight: Editorial Intern Cecilia Mwakenya

19 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Volunteer spotlight: Editorial Intern Cecilia Mwakenya

Cecilia Mwakenya is a journalist, and a recent graduate from Rural Aid Kenya, where she pursued a diploma in communications (broadcast option). Previously, she worked as a social media volunteer at Tu... read more..

Washington State becomes 41st state to pass law against FGM/C

19 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Washington State becomes 41st state to pass law against FGM/C

Sahiyo, as part of the Washington Coalition to End FGM/C, is ecstatic to announce that on April 20th, 2023, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5453 concerning female genital mutil... read more..

Not allowing my story on female genital mutilation/cutting to be hidden anymore

17 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Not allowing my story on female genital mutilation/cutting to be hidden anymore

By Anonymous Why did you want to attend the workshop and share your story? I attended the workshop to finally tell my story and give it the voice it deserves. I have never talked about my experience b... read more..

Sahiyo releases seven new Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting videos created by survivors and advocates

17 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo releases seven new Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting videos created by survivors and advocates

“I’m so grateful for Sahiyo, and for the Voices to End FGM/C project for providing me with the platform to bring this story out of the darkness. Nearly two decades later, I am still healing and workin... read more..

Reflecting on Sahiyo’s International Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction

14 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Reflecting on Sahiyo’s International Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction

Thank you to everyone who participated in Sahiyo's inaugural International Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction! We are truly grateful for the show of support. With the help of our incredible ... read more..

13 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Who are you, really?

By Umme I play a lot of video games. I watch even more video essays about video games. Written and recorded by people who’ve made careers out of literary analysis, these videos feel a bit like a virtu... read more..

Full circle: A bridge from the political to the personal

12 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Full circle: A bridge from the political to the personal

BBy Lakshmi Anantnarayan I recently attended Sahiyo and Story Center’s Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling workshop to share my experience as an anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) adv... read more..

11 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Trusting Me

By Muna Osman Why did you want to attend the workshop and share your story? I first found out about the Voices workshop when I met with Mariya. The meeting was in a different setting; I had no idea ab... read more..

11 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Moving Forward

By Nazneen Vasi The topic of Khatna, also known as female genital cutting (FGC), has always been interesting. Within my family, there are those who are against it, and those who support it. It i... read more..

11 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Reflecting on Being Seen

By Cate Cox Despite working at Sahiyo for nearly three years, it wasn’t until recently that I decided to participate in our popular ‘Voices to End FGM/C’ digital storytelling workshop. For so lo... read more..

11 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

My story doesn’t end here

By Farrah Dalal I could speak to a multitude of ways in which female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has impacted my life and experiences. However, I choose to focus my first attempt at storytellin... read more..

Washington State makes progress to end FGM/C

05 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Washington State makes progress to end FGM/C

Washington State is one of the remaining ten U.S. states without any law that addresses and prohibits female genial mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). FGM/C is a human rights violation and form of child abus... read more..