Monthly Archive

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 1099 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

05 Jun

News & Blog

Sahiyo

We are listening: Sahiyo's statement on protests against police brutality

We at Sahiyo wanted to purposefully create space to address the continued protests against police brutality in the United States and globally, and explicitly state that we stand in solidarity with the... read more..

02 Jun

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Voices Series: A Reflection on a nine-month journey

By Su Sun When I was contacted by Mariya in the beginning of 2019 to join the Voices to End FGM/C workshop, I’d just found out I was pregnant. Previous experiences of obstetric trauma roamed around my... read more..

02 Jun

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Forced Clitoridectomies on Athletes

By Masuma Kothari (Several female athletes have been coerced to undergo partial clitoridectomies to participate in competitive sports. Read about female genital cutting (FGC) in sports here.) “Let me ... read more..

Sahiyo hosts third annual Activist Retreat

31 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo hosts third annual Activist Retreat

Sahiyo held its third annual Activist Retreat in the United States via Zoom from April 10-12. The aim of the retreat was to continue to work toward building a network of U.S.-based Bohra activists aga... read more..

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27 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Voices Series: Why we must continue to protect our girls

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..

26 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

FGM/C in sports: Why some female athletes are being coerced into partial clitoridectomy

By Zahra Qaiyumi Imagine you are a professional female athlete who is told that you must agree to undergo a partial clitoridectomy in order to continue participating in your sport. This might so... read more..

Voices Series: How I reconnected with my purpose through storytelling

20 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Voices Series: How I reconnected with my purpose through 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..

12 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Why are we doing this? A Thaal pe Charcha participant questions female genital cutting

By Anonymous Country of Residence: India Age: 32 I have been part of the Sahiyo Thaal Pe Charcha group meetings for a while and have found it an eye-opening concept. The more I’ve been involved, ... read more..

How COVID-19 may increase gender-based violence, including FGM/C

11 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

How COVID-19 may increase gender-based violence, including FGM/C

The UNFPA and UNICEF Joint Program on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) released a technical note about how the COVID-19 pandemic may affect women and girls adversely in reg... read more..

Sahiyo Partner Organization Highlight: StoryCenter

11 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo Partner Organization Highlight: StoryCenter

StoryCenter creates spaces for transforming lives and communities, through the acts of listening to and sharing stories as a vehicle for education, community mobilization, and advocacy. Since 1993, th... read more..

05 May

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Voices Series: Why I'm grateful for sharing my story of 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..

29 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Voices Series: We remember stories we're told as children

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..

22 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sahiyo Activist Retreats

India Activist Retreat - 2019 The first annual Sahiyo Activists’ Retreats in the US and in India were organized in 2018 for advocates working to end Female Genital C read more..

18 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Unspoken

By Naima Dido I wish I could finally say to you the words stuck in my throat, Behind my teeth and scattered on my tongue, With you, I live on eggshells, I don’t know how to tell you that I notic... read more..

14 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Sri Lanka’s first survey on FGM/C: Survivors need space to talk and access to medical care

By Jumana S. “It should not be up to the elders to stamp the body of a girl child at the age of seven, (a process that is irreversible irrespective of the extent of damage), and decide what her read more..

13 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

Voices Series: Naima Dido

My mother, a woman who has never held a pencil in her life, had a dream of educating me. And so, I became the first woman in my family to learn the power of literacy. Beyond the abilities to read and ... read more..

Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Zahra Qaiyumi

12 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

01 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..

01 Apr

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..

28 Mar

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

25 Mar

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

18 Mar

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..

15 Mar

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

11 Mar

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

04 Mar

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

27 Feb

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..

26 Feb

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..

25 Feb

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..

19 Feb

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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

12 Feb

News & Blog

Sahiyo

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..