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41. Sahiyo's New Video Campaign: No More Female Genital Cutting -Volunteers Share Their Storie
(News & Blog)
... to them. Throughout the month, short videos made by our Sahiyo community will be shared via social media. These voices belong to our volunteers, staff, advisory board and storytellers, each of whom has ...
Created on 02 April 2019
42. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Maryum Saifee
(News & Blog)
As Sahiyo’s U.S. operations and programs have grown, in 2018, we invited various individuals from a host of backgrounds and professions to join our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. The advisory board provides ...
Created on 14 January 2019
43. Introducing Sahiyo’s inaugural U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is pleased to introduce our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. As our U.S. operations and programs have grown, the advisory board will provide strategic advice to the management of our organization, ...
Created on 29 October 2018
44. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
Alisha Bhagat, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Chair, is a futurist and senior strategist whose work focuses on the creative use of futures tools to impact long term positive change, particularly around ...
Created on 16 September 2018
45. Sahiyo welcomes Kaneez Madraswalla as new U.S. Advisory Board Member
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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, ...
Created on 14 August 2023
46. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
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Zehra Patwa, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Chair, is the Co-Founder and U.S. Lead of WeSpeakOut, an organization that strives to work for equal rights for Bohra women in all spheres of life, specifically, ...
Created on 24 April 2023
47. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Vice Chair Sakina Sharp 
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... existed; I was so happy. I called Mariya Taher within a few weeks and asked her about how I could be involved. Now, here I am. In your new role as Vice Chair of Sahiyo’s Advisory Board, what are some ...
Created on 29 March 2023
48. Sahiyo spotlight: Outgoing U.S. Advisory Board Chair Arefa Cassoobhoy
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... to have served as chair of the Sahiyo U.S. advisory board from 2021-2023.  An advocate for health equity and health literacy, she treats patients and is on the board of directors at the nonprofit Clarkston ...
Created on 13 March 2023
49. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Zahra Qaiyumi
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... get involved in the fall of 2019 during what was a rough patch in my personal life for a few reasons, khatna, or FGM/C, being one of them.  Why did you choose to join the Advisory Board and what do you ...
Created on 21 April 2022
50. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... appointed to the US Advisory Board. How has your involvement impacted your life?  I gained a family of "sahiyos" or "sisters" relentlessly pursuing a far better world for children everywhere, through ...
Created on 10 December 2021
51. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Jo Keogh
(News & Blog)
Jo Keogh has been utilizing somatic approaches to treat female trauma survivors since 2014. She is currently completing her internship in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Anna Haven Behavioral Health ...
Created on 15 October 2021
52. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Melody Joy Eckardt
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As Sahiyo’s U.S. operations and programs have grown, in 2018, we invited various individuals from a host of backgrounds and professions to join our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. The advisory board provides ...
Created on 16 October 2019
53. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Joanne Golden
(News & Blog)
As Sahiyo’s U.S. operations and programs have grown, we invited various individuals from a host of backgrounds and professions to join our U.S. Advisory Board. The advisory board provides strategic advice ...
Created on 10 August 2019
54. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
As Sahiyo’s U.S. operations and programs have grown, in 2018, we invited various individuals from a host of backgrounds and professions to join our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. The advisory board provides ...
Created on 08 April 2019
55. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Maryum Saifee
(News & Blog)
As Sahiyo’s U.S. operations and programs have grown, in 2018, we invited various individuals from a host of backgrounds and professions to join our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. The advisory board provides ...
Created on 14 January 2019
56. Introducing Sahiyo’s inaugural U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is pleased to introduce our inaugural U.S. Advisory Board. As our U.S. operations and programs have grown, the advisory board will provide strategic advice to the management of our organization, ...
Created on 29 October 2018
57. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
Alisha Bhagat, Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Chair, is a futurist and senior strategist whose work focuses on the creative use of futures tools to impact long term positive change, particularly around ...
Created on 16 September 2018
58. U.S. Sahiyo Board Member Spotlight: A. Renee Bergstrom, EdD
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo’s U.S. Advisory Board provides strategic advice to the management of Sahiyo and ensures that we continue fulfilling our mission to empower communities to end female genital cutting, and create positive ...
Created on 17 November 2019
59. The History of Addressing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting via Legislation in Connecticut
(News & Blog)
... a Change.org petition was created by Sahiyo Co-founder and Executive Director Mariya Taher and Sahiyo Advisory Board member Zehra Patwa, two community-based advocates working to end FGM/C, to advocate ...
Created on 02 June 2025
60. 2025 Comedy Show & Auction Sponsor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
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... in some way, click here to donate. Today, we’re highlighting Zehra Patwa, who currently serves as Chair of the Sahiyo US Advisory Board. She is also the co-founder of WeSpeakOut, an organization that ...
Created on 06 March 2025
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