‘Can I Check Your Khatna?’
by Anonymous Age: 32 Country: Bahrain One of my male cousins married a lady who is not Bohra and not Muslim. He had a court marriage with her in the country where he resides, while his mom (my aunt), lived in Bahrain. For the sake of his mom’s happiness, he decided to get a nikah […]
Furore about Female Genital Cutting in Kerala: Impact of Sahiyo’s investigation
by Aysha Mahmood On August 14, 2017, Sahiyo published a preliminary investigative report pointing to evidence that Female Genital Cutting (FGC) – a practice so far associated only with the Bohras in India – is also being practiced in Kozhikode, Kerala. The report was published in both English (here) and Malayalam (here) and it was […]
Looking to Revamp Sahiyo’s Website
Sahiyo is looking to build a stronger website that communicates our mission and work as a storytelling organization. To that end, we are collecting feedback on our website to help us determine what needs to be strengthened. Please help us by visiting our website at www.sahiyo.comand then filling out this 5-minute survey.
Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Shabana Feroze
Based in Bahrain, Shabana Feroze is a Bahraini citizen originally from India. She started volunteering with Sahiyo in April 2017 and is the owner of advertising agency The Silver Kick Company and co-owner of a lace fashion business called Lace Love. She teaches Les Mills group fitness classes in the evenings and is a style […]
Sahiyo co-founder curates a week-long Twitter discussion on FGC
From July 3 to July 7, Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari was invited to curate @MuslimVoicesIN, a Twitter handle run by a group of progressive Indian Muslims. The handle celebrates the plurality of Muslim identities in India and discusses different topics relevant to Indian Muslims each week. Aarefa was invited to curate a discussion on Female […]
Sahiyo hosts its second Thaal Pe Charcha event for Bohra women
On July 1, Sahiyo conducted its second ‘Thaal Pe Charcha’ event which was attended by 20 women from the Dawoodi Bohra community. Thaal Pe Charcha (TPC), which loosely translates as “having discussions while eating food”, is a flagship Sahiyo programme where Bohra women are brought together in a private, informal setting so that they can […]
Female Genital Cutting is being practiced in Kerala too: Sahiyo investigation
by Aarefa Johari and Aysha Mahmood (Read the Malayalam version of this report here.) The practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in India has so far been associated only with the Dawoodi Bohra community and other smaller Bohra sub-sects. However, a recent investigation by Sahiyo found that FGC – the ritual of cutting parts of […]
പെൺസുന്നത്ത്/ചേലാകർമ്മം കേരളത്തിലും ഒരു സഹിയോ അന്വേഷണം
– ആരിഫാ ജോഹരി , ആയിഷ മഹ്മൂദ് എന്നിവരുടെ കണ്ടെത്തലുകൾ. (Read the English version of this report here.) ഇന്ത്യയിൽ പെൺകുട്ടികളുടെ ചേലാകർമ്മം, ഇന്ന് വരെ ദാവൂദി ബോഹ്റാ വിഭാഗക്കാരുടെ ഇടയിലും മറ്റു ചെറുബോഹ്റാ വിഭാഗങ്ങളുടെയും ഇടയിൽ മാത്രമാണ് ആചരിച്ചു വരുന്നത് എന്നാണു പൊതുവെയുള്ള വിശ്വാസം . എന്നാൽ, സഹിയോ എന്ന സംഘടന ഈയടുത്ത് നടത്തിയ ചില അന്വേഷണങ്ങളിൽ , പെൺസുന്നത്ത് മറ്റു ചില ഇസ്ലാമിക വിഭാഗങ്ങളുടെ ഇടയിലും , കേരളത്തിന്റെ ചിലഭാഗങ്ങളിൽ എങ്കിലും, നടത്തുന്നതായി സൂചന ലഭിക്കുകയുണ്ടായി. […]
Our Petition
(To sign petition, click here) End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by 2030: Invest in Research, and Support in Asia According to the United Nations, at least 200 million women in 30 countries have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). However, these statistics are largely restricted to sub-Saharan Africa and ignore the global scope of the issue. In […]
Work for Us
Part-time Communication Assistant in the United States SAHIYO, an award-winning, transnational organization is dedicated to empowering Asian communities to end female genital cutting (FGC) and create positive social change through dialogue, education, and collaboration based on community involvement. By working towards an FGC-free world, we aim to recognize and emphasize the values of consent and […]