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61. SAHIYO JOINS OVER 40 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN $13.2 MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN INITIATIVE
(News & Blog)
ARP Support for Survivors Program supports culturally-specific, community-based projects supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from Asian and Pacific Islander Communities in the ...
Created on 15 May 2023
62. Training and Technical Assistance
(Programs)
... Hidden Scars x Sahiyo: Practitioner and Advocate Training Case Study: Supporting Asian Women’s Shelter to implement services supporting FGC survivors  ...
Created on 05 October 2022
63. Research
(Programs)
... that exists on FGC globally, and to bring understanding, awareness, and advocacy to the topic of FGC within Asian and other communities.  View Program Overview Sahiyo’s ...
Created on 29 June 2022
64. Survivor Support Resources
(Resources)
... Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM). The project aims to provide a safe space for women and girls to unpack the effects of FGM. North America UNITED STATES: Asian Women’s Shelter ...
Created on 04 December 2020
65. Crave Foundation recognizes Sahiyo co-founder Mariya Taher as 2020 grantee
(News & Blog)
... (FGC) in Asian communities and beyond. In 2015, she co-founded Sahiyo – United Against Female Genital Cutting, an award-winning, transnational organization with the mission to empower Asian communities ...
Created on 06 August 2020
66. Farzana Esmail hosts fireside chat on FGC with co-founder of Sahiyo
(News & Blog)
... FGC only applied to 29 or 30 relevant countries, which were mostly within Africa and the Middle East. The issue here is that FGC is a global issue. It is prevalent in South Asia and is practiced in at ...
Created on 26 June 2020
67. Let’s Talk FGC: A fireside chat with Mariya Taher and Farzana Esmail
(News & Blog)
... been diligently working on the issue of domestic violence within a number of organizations. In 2015, you founded Sahiyo, an internationally recognized, award-winning organization, to empower Asian communities ...
Created on 25 June 2020
68. Cofounders
(Uncategorised)
... Since then, she has worked in the field of gender violence for over a decade, working on issues of domestic violence at W.O.M.A.N., Inc.; Asian Women’s Shelter; and Saheli, Support and Friendship for South ...
Created on 02 July 2019
69. Multiple events on female genital cutting hosted at Women Deliver in Vancouver
(News & Blog)
... grassroots and civil society activists from East and West Africa, Asia, and North America, this session shined a light on effective community-led strategies to shift social norms and end FGC.  ‘Ending ...
Created on 14 June 2019
70. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... Erbil, Cairo, and various postings in Washington. Saifee also worked at the Ford Foundation and spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Jordan. She also worked with South Asian survivors of domestic ...
Created on 16 September 2018
71. Sahiyo’s petition to the United Nations needs your help
(News & Blog)
In December 2016, Sahiyo started a petition with Change.org to encourage the United Nations to invest in research on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Asian countries. The petition proposes to end FGM/C ...
Created on 07 May 2018
72. FGC Articles & Research in Other Countries
(News & Blog)
FGC in Asia: Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting in Asia Remain a Neglected Problem  FGC in Asia and the Middle East Map Following our report, Facebook removes ‘Islamic Female Circumcision’ page ...
Created on 04 December 2017
73. Survivor Support Resources
(Uncategorised)
... the survivors of FGM/C in Canada Asia  AWARE - AWARE works to remove all gender-based barriers so as to allow individuals in Singapore to develop their potential to the fullest and realise ...
Created on 21 June 2016
74. Our History
(Uncategorised)
... informed forum within the community that could help drive a movement to bring an end to khatna. That is how Sahiyo, the organization, was born. Sahiyo is dedicated to empowering Asian communities to end ...
Created on 15 June 2016
75. FAQs
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... While most people associate female genital mutilation with Type II and Type III, as practiced in some African communities, they are often unaware that FGC is common in various Asian countries in the form ...
Created on 11 January 2016
76. More News on FGC
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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 ...
Created on 06 January 2016