Reflecting on Being Seen

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 long I’ve been inspired by the strength and bravery of the storytellers I...

Volunteer Spotlight: Programs Intern Hannah Manucal

to produce social change in communities fighting for equality. She hopes to use her voice as a writer to uplift the voices of others. What was your experience of learning about female genital cutting (FGC) for the first time like? I first learned about...

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) advocate. I certainly did not expect the process to be so...

It's a Marathon, Not a Race

to participate in the digital storytelling workshop presented itself, I challenged myself to be part of the amplified voices. Voices that not only narrate similar stories about FGM/C but also give a human face to FGM/C. In our digital world, people are...

Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Arefa Cassoobhoy

on Wednesday, March 6th and close on Sunday, March 10th. During this five-day fundraising event, we'll celebrate women's voices with comedy, video spotlights, stories, and entertainment. We’re incredibly grateful to all of our generous sponsors and...

Our Fight to End FGM in The Gambia: Who is Listening?

effective – to actually be heard – we need all of you to help tell our parents, “Enough is enough.” Our campaign has given voices to many young girls who continue to unapologetically lead movements to help change social norms. But today, we also need to...

Turning Grief into Purpose

Gugu Makhari learned about the Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project through a friend and through personal research online. She wanted to share a story about how both female genital cutting (FGC) and male circumcision are normalized in her...

My Journey to Advocacy

By Fadima Tall When I was invited to join the Sahiyo Voices to End FGM/C workshop, I was hesitant to accept. I had only been in the field of FGM/C advocacy for a few months and was still finding my footing as an advocate. I had always struggled with...

Sustainable Development Goals: How the UNs Benchmarks Align with Sahiyo’s Mission to End Female Gential Cutting

for the elimination of FGC. By providing resources and skills to communities affected by FGC, Sahiyo uplifts survivors’ voices, helping them to share their stories with the world and providing a space for narrative autonomy, which is crucial in...

Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week

cisgender woman, leaving little room for queer and trans acceptance. As a result, I created a digital story as part of the Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling project in the spring of 2022. Voices to End FGM/C is a joint digital storytelling...

Join Sahiyo, the Asian Women’s Shelter, and Silence Speaks for a Parallel Event at the 69th Session of Commission on the Status of Women in New York

Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C) Survivor-Centered Change,” will feature a selection of compelling stories from our Voices to End FGM/C program showcasing the resilience and courage of survivors. We will explore our storytelling approach and its...

Survivor and Community Engagement Toolkit

2022 Voices to End FGM/C Workshop

Why the khatna conversation needs men's voices too

(First published on June 7, 2016) by Ammar Karimjee Age: 24 Country: Pakistan I found out when I was 19. I’d just heard about the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in an Anthropology class, and had dismissed it as something that simply...

Voices to End FGM/C Oct-Dec 2022 Cohort Video Screening

This event is not open to the public.

Voices to End FGM/C Healing Circle

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More News on FGC

Sahiyo in the News Press Release: Voices to End FGMC FGC in Dawoodi Bohra Community FGC in Asia: FGC in Asia and the Middle East Map Following our report, Facebook removes ‘Islamic Female Circumcision’ page promoting FGM Report on Female Genital...

A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor

question remains as to how to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ survivors of FGC. The goal of this panel is to center and uplift the voices of LGBTQ+ FGC survivors whose identities and needs are too often pushed to the side of the conversation of FGC. This...

What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?

To those who say that Sahiyo is not their voice...

practice. To those who say that Sahiyo is not their voice, I would like to clarify what Sahiyo is. Sahiyo is a cacophony of voices, a roar from a collective of activists whose voices unite. We are individuals who speak for ourselves and on behalf of...