Voices to End FGM/C Cohort #9 – Hybrid Digital Storytelling Workshop

We’re hosting our second hybrid-format Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Workshop this June 2024! Survivors and advocates will share their stories and learn to craft them as short videos. This participatory media process will be guided by...

Sahiyo and StoryCenter Release Eight NEW ‘Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting’ Stories created by Survivors and Advocates 

to validate my experience. I was able to pull scattered thoughts and memories into a clear and concise picture.” ~Zahra, Voices Storyteller With 200 million people having undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) worldwide, many stories are...

Launching Global Voices to End FGM/C — An Online Digital Storytelling Workshop

On June 1, Sahiyo and StoryCenter launched a pilot online digital storytelling workshop – Global Voices to End FGM/C, which is supporting ten women impacted by female genital cutting in sharing and audio-recording their stories. During June,...

Voices Series: Naima Dido

resources, positive values, dreams, and desires. Storytelling can help develop compassion for oneself. Learn more about the Voices project here.

Reflections on the Voices alumni COVID-19 storytelling workshop

By Lara Kingstone Sahiyo held a StoryCenter-led COVID-19 storytelling session for Voices to End FMG/C 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....

Get involved with the next cohort of the Voices to End FGM/C project!

of preventing this harmful practice from occurring to the next generation of girls. Now, we’re excited to announce our 2021 Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling workshop, as part of our continued partnership with StoryCenter. This workshop is open...

Voices reflection: Storytelling as a powerful medium

meeting feeling so much more whole and curious about life because of these discussions. If you are thinking of doing the Voices workshop, DO IT. Not only will you benefit from it personally, but you will be helping other people by telling your story....

Voices reflection: Forging bonds

Voices reflection: Speaking freely about my experience

painful experience, which is an outright violation of women’s rights. Permanent Wound by Somaya Abdelrahman Through the Voices to End FGM/C workshop, I was able to express my feelings and speak freely about my experience. I really would like to thank...

Upcoming screening of the Fall 2022 Voices To End FGM/C digital stories 

Our latest stories from the 7th Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling Workshop have been released! Sahiyo, StoryCenter, and Asian Women’s Shelter will be hosting a screening of these newest videos next month on May 9th. Along with viewing these...

PRESS RELEASE: Dozens of Survivors of Female Genital Cutting Share Stories on New ‘Voices To End FGM/C’ Website

have felt indignation at the often sensationalized ways in which survivors' stories are depicted in the media. This is why Voices to End FGM/C is such an important, game-changing platform. It provides both survivors and activists with a safe and...

Musuya (Womanhood)

who wish to perform FGM on their loved ones reconsider. She felt it was important to be a part of the growing number of voices raised against FGM, and the Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling workshop provided an opportunity to do so on an...

Voices to End FGM/C

Voices to End FGM/C: Seeking artists for social norm change project

Sahiyo is thrilled to announce the “Voices to End FGM/C” global storytelling project in collaboration with StoryCenter , which will support a group of ten women who have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in telling their stories....

International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023

Voices to End FGM/C: Using Personal Storytelling for Women's Rights Advocacy For centuries, individuals around the world have been reluctant to talk openly about the women’s rights violation of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), for fear of...

Using Storytelling to Shift Social Norms and Prevent FGM/C: Event Reflection

on the Status of Women on March 16th. Sahiyo and StoryCenter staff had the opportunity to introduce the collaborative Voices to End FGM/C project, which centers on storytelling by survivors and those affected by female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)...

Our History

The collection is woven together with a united sentiment and a joint hope that the videos will build a critical mass of voices from within FGM/C-practicing communities, calling for the harmful practice’s abandonment. The videos were released to the...

Voices to End FGM/C 2022: Spring Cohort Video Screening

Wednesday, August 24th, at 3 pm EDT we’ll be hosting a screening of the newest Voices to End FGM/C videos, developed out of Sahiyo and StoryCenter’s Spring 2022 digital storytelling workshop with survivors of and advocates against female genital...

Sahiyo Partner Organization Highlight: StoryCenter

end to the practice. Sahiyo is honored to have Amy Hill, StoryCenter’s Silence Speaks director, partner with Sahiyo on the Voices to End FGM/C project to expand the number of digital stories since the first 2018 workshop. 1) When and how did you and...

Seeking Storytellers for Voices to End FGM/C - A U.S. based digital storytelling workshop

stories were woven together with a united sentiment and a joint hope that the stories would build a critical mass of voices from within FGM/C-practicing communities, calling for the abandonment of this harmful practice. Building from the first digital...