Sahiyo U.S Executive Director Mariya Taher receives the 2024 Champion of Change Award

organization in many ways. For the past 3 years, I’ve been working with AWS and Amy Hill, at Silence Speaks, to bolster our Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project in culturally specific ways, which has been such a gift. Who knew that years...

Walking Together: My Experience at the Annual Walk to End Female Genital Mutilation in D.C.

Woman of the Year award on behalf of Amy Hill, who was being recognized for her service to survivors of FGM/C through the Voices to End FGM/C storytelling project, which she co-founded with Sahiyo’s Executive Director, Mariya Taher. I had the...

Zero Tolerance Day 2024: Her Voice, Her Future

On February 13th, the World Bank invited Sahiyo to host a screening of the Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Project in honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. During the virtual event, attendees from...

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to Sahiyo By supporting our storytelling initiatives, you ensure that survivors’ voices are heard. And that we continue to work towards the abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC) for future generations of girls. For every $50 donated, we can...

Locating female genital cutting through films and documentaries

to the cultural community, makes honest attempts to put herself into the shoes of the believers, and thus, brings out voices both pro and against the practice. In fact, the naming of the documentary is indicative given that it does not merely portray...

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Not Who I Am

the workshop and share your story? So, to me it was a natural next step when I was given the opportunity to be part of the Voices Workshop. I've worked in gender based violence my whole life and as a survivor myself it’s important to share my story. I...

My Reflections on Sahiyo’s Activist Retreat and my advocacy on ending FGM/C in the U.S.

and her daughter Katya Berger, a journalist and graduate from Columbia University who are creating a documentary ‘Thousand Voices’ to depict the effects of FGM/C by sharing the voices of girls who were affected by it. Lastly, I work with the New York...

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platforms,magazines, theater work, film, and art. We use storytelling as a vehicle for social change, to amplify the voices of women worldwide who have undergone FGC. Sensitively Reporting on Female Genital Cutting – Media Training: This training...

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FGC – On July 7, 2016, we at Sahiyo hosted our first Twitter chat on Female Genital Cutting from our Twitter handle, @sahiyovoices. REPORTS/TOOLKITS: A Media Workshop on Female Genital Cutting – Best Practices for Media Reporting on Female Genital...

How to Stop The Rising Trend of Medicalisation of Female Genital Cutting in Asia

is an important issue to address in the work against FGC. During this webinar, we will bring a diverse variety of voices to the panel to discuss the different elements of medicalising FGC, offering their own expert reasons for, and the dangers of, this...

Understanding Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting

culture? What challenges can this pose and how can we overcome them? This webinar will bring together a diverse array of voices and give participants the opportunity to be a part of the discussion about how we can all become better educated and better...

2023 Sahiyo International Women's Day Silent Auction

will open on Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023 and close on Sunday, Mar. 12, 2023. During this 5-day event, we will celebrate women's voices with video spotlights, stories, and entertainment. Stay tuned for a sneak peek at some of our incredible speakers and...

FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING A Continuing Tradition

have some amount of higher education. They all experienced khatna between the ages of 5 to 7 years. By interweaving their voices with my own khatna experience, I hope to show the wide spectrum of emotions and experiences involved in such a complicated...

Now, a petition against khatna by UK Bohra woman

Voices against the practice of female genital cutting in the Bohra community seem to be getting louder and more numerous. The latest to speak out is an anonymous Bohra woman from the United Kingdom who was subjected to khatna as a child and remembers...

Mariya Taher to represent Sahiyo at Women Deliver Conference

wellbeing of girls and women in the last decade, will be held on May 16-19th. The conference will bring together diverse voices and interests to drive progress in maternal, sexual, and reproductive health and human rights. Allies from around the world...

Art: A Tool for Healing and Dialogue with Communities Affected by FGM

Naomi Rosen at naomirrosen@gmail.com For more information on Tobe Levin von Gleichen and her publishing company, UnCut Voices Press, visit the blog https://uncutvoices.wordpress.com ———————————————————————- Naomi Rosen lives in Frankfurt, Germany. After...

No, even ‘symbolic’ or ‘mild’ female genital cutting is NOT okay

of progressive change in order to retain their culture of snipping it off? Why do these communities choose to dismiss the voices of the women who have suffered physically, psychologically and sexually because of these very “mild” cuts? Why do...