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Nigisti. This need for greater cultural awareness and competency amongst care providers is made clearer when patients share stories with Marie and Nigisti. Patients discuss all kinds of negative healthcare encounters they’ve experienced prior tofinding...
the feelings that might come up. We also encourage you to explore our Voices to End FGM/C website and discover the diverse stories from across the globe. Why This Guide Is Important Each story shared through this guide humanizes the issue of FGM/C,...
issues." Throughout the session, participants shared their thoughts and experiences, many remarking on how the personal stories shared deeply moved them. Digital stories shown from the Voices to End FGM/C project sparked meaningful reflections on how...
leave behind with the representative. Most importantly, do your homework on government officials beforehand. Share personal stories to make your issuemore relatable and make a specific request of your representative. This might be the first time your...
of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, the guide is designed to help everybody facilitate impactful screenings of digital stories by survivors, activists, and advocates. These stories are not just narratives; they are powerful testimonies of resilience,...
1. Raising public awareness To make this issue more visible, Beyond the Hijab ran a blog series on sunat perempuan sharing stories written by women about their experiences undergoing FGC. Thisbrought sunat perempuan into the public spotlight and sparked...
desires and pre-marital sex; it cleaned us, purified us. I listened intently as other girls relayed their circumcision stories, all the while feeling like a fraud because I knew that I had never undergone this “rite of passage”. I know now that I still...
She speaks about the secrecy of the practice as well as the young age at which it happens. This story is among a handful stories that carefully look at female genital cutting among the Dawoodi Bohra community in India. This essay was among the first few...
in the community, so being in a safe and intimate space at the TPC helped the women discuss it openly. By listening to the stories and concerns of the women, the men who attended the Thaal Pe Charcha were able to get a deeper understanding of how the...
an outsider with little understanding of the community and the practice, would be able to do justice to the women and their stories. I do not know how the thesis will turn out but I know that I will do my best to do right by the women who choose to...
where FGC survivors from across the U.S. could come together to share their experiences. In September 2018, the digital stories were released online and several screenings of the digital stories have occurred. Now, Sahiyo and StoryCenter have been named...
Retreat in Mumbai, where I met some brilliant, fantastic people from all walks of life. Women shared their experiences, stories and life-lessons, and talked about how female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) had impacted their lives, either directly or...
to our family members and friends, or pubic advocates, talking to the larger community by attaching our names to our stories. Whatever we want to do, whenever we want to do it, Sahiyo is there to provide the tools we need to tell our stories. And, if we...
dialogue: the Each One Reach One campaign, the I Am Bohra photo campaign, our storytelling blog, Thaal Pe Charcha, Sahiyo Stories, Faces for Change, the Male Ally campaign, and of course, our annual Activists’ Retreats in India and the U.S. to train...
Palavalasa, who was an intern at Sahiyo, told me about the organization. Following this, when I went through the Sahiyo stories and resources, I came to understand the extent and nuances of FGC. I decided that I must work on this issue, and joined...
storytelling, Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Zenab Banu I am involved in the movement to end female genital...
alumni in May. The session was created to continue building community online and offer a space for women to share their stories during the pandemic. This workshop was designed to be an informal and relaxed space for those affected by female genital...
sat down together to have a virtual fireside chat on female genital cutting: part interview, part sincere exchange of stories, and part education. Upon introducing Mariya’s background, Farzana asks her to call on her expertise to explain female genital...
knew were happening. I was 14 years old when I was finally let into the discussions recounting personal experiences and stories from survivors in the family. I remember sitting in the backseat of my parents’ car, asking what they were whispering about....
She joined Sahiyo to empower those affected by FGC through listening to, elevating, and advocating on behalf of their stories. 1) When and how did you first get involved with Sahiyo? I joined Sahiyo as a communication intern a couple of months after I...
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