Sahiyo welcomes three new members to the team
We are eager to welcome three amazing women into our organization, who will allow us to build up our organization’s capacity in order to better meet our mission to end female genital cutting (FGC) and expand the scope of our work! Aries Nuño, a seasoned volunteer with Sahiyo, joins us now as our Training […]
Sahiyo receives grant from Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at Ben & Jerry’s Foundation for a core support grant award of $20,000 per year for two years. Ben & Jerry’s Foundation supports grassroots groups throughout the U.S. and its territories that are led by the people most impacted by the legacies of white supremacy culture, as […]
Farewell to Programs Coordinator Catherine Cox
For the past three years, we have been honored to have Catherine Cox, or Cate as we know her, serve as Programs Coordinator at Sahiyo U.S. In this role, Cate saw Sahiyo’s community education and outreach program, including training and technical assistance, grow and blossom. It is thus with great excitement and some sadness too, […]
Join us in-person at Sahiyo’s 2023 Activists Retreat
By Umme Kulsoom Arif This September, from the 15-19th, Sahiyo will host its annual Activists Retreat in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. For many Sahiyo volunteers and retreat alumni, it will be the first time in several years that activists, volunteers, and survivors will meet in person; we would love to […]
Training the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice on how to support survivors of FGM/C
On August 8th, Sahiyo hosted a training for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice, titled “Cross-Collaborative Work: Incorporating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Survivors into Support Services in Virginia.” Even with growing recognition of FGC in the U.S., many service-providers, including law enforcement, are not adequately equipped to address FGC in the United States. This training provided […]
Sahiyo to launch first report from Examining Intersections Between FGM/C and other Social Oppressions Research Project
Sahiyo is excited to announce the upcoming publication of our new report, Examining the Current State of Critical Intersections: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Social oppressions. The report explores how different forms of oppression intersect to limit survivors’ access to resources, as well as how the work to end FGM/C is connected to other themes across […]
Sahiyo welcomes Kaneez Madraswalla as new U.S. Advisory Board Member
Sahiyo is eager to welcome Kaneez Madraswalla as our newest U.S. Advisory Board Member. A resident of New Jersey, Kaneez Madraswalla is a trained lawyer and Vice-President of Compliance at QBE North America, based in New York City She co-leads the QBE Women’s Initiative Network, facilitating illuminating employee engagement events. Her other volunteering activities have […]
Sahiyo receives grant from South Asian Bar Association of North America
Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America Foundation for a core support grant award of $6,500. The SABA Foundation supports access to justice for South Asian communities in North America and advances causes important to the communities they serve. They fund work related to […]
2023 Kigali Declaration launched at the Women Deliver Pre-Conference
Kigali, Rwanda — On July 16th, the Catalyzing Global Action to End FGM/C Women Deliver Pre-Conference (of which Sahiyo as a part of the Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C was a co-host) saw the launch of the Kigali Declaration which called on funders to close the funding gap needed to end FGM/C amongst future […]
Applications open for the 2023 in-person Bohra Activists Retreat
From September 15-17th, Sahiyo U.S. will host our 7th Activists Retreat in Atlanta, Georgia. Sahiyo hosts annual Activist Retreats to bring the Bohra community together in a safe space and discuss the issue of khatna (or female genital cutting) in efforts to collaboratively work towards ending it. Since 2018, over 60 people have taken part. […]