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1. The History of Addressing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting via Legislation in Connecticut
(News & Blog)
By: Katie Bai Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful social norm involving the partial or total removal of female-assigned external genitalia or other injury to the female-assigned genital ...
Created on 02 June 2025
2. The History of Addressing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Montana
(News & Blog)
... medical care, and counseling. Criminalization: The bill sought to criminalize the act of performing FGM/C when not medically necessary, with proposed penalties including imprisonment in the state prison ...
Created on 02 June 2025
3. Engaging the Next Generation: A Conversation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
By Katie Bai On Tuesday, February 18th, Sahiyo had the privilege of speaking to students at a Connecticut high school government class at the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering in Stamford, ...
Created on 10 April 2025
4. Legislative Updates: Connecticut Moves Closer to Passing a Bill to Support Survivors of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... into law. We also call on Connecticut residents to join the movement to protect women and girls from FGM/C by signing our Call to Action to urge your Connecticut representatives to sponsor and support ...
Created on 18 February 2025
5. Connecticut’s Lieutenant Governor Recognizes International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... awareness and support legislation to protect women and girls by signing our Call to Action and urging your CT representatives to ban FGM/C.  Stay tuned for more updates on House Bill 6596 and upcoming ...
Created on 06 February 2025
6. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
(News & Blog)
... United States. These hard-fought legal protections for FGM/C survivors and those at-risk at the federal level must be preserved by calling out the Trump Administration’s inflammatory rhetoric for what ...
Created on 31 January 2025
7. Calling CT Residents to Action - Ban FGM/C in Connecticut
(News & Blog)
... girls from FGM/C by encouraging and supporting the passing of this bill? Sign our Call to Action and urge your state representatives to ban FGM/C.  All you need to do is fill out your contact info and ...
Created on 30 January 2025
8. Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)
(News & Blog)
... Legislative Call to Action: Bipartisan leaders will discuss the importance of uniting to enact protective legislation Q&A Session: Media representatives will have the opportunity to ask questions and ...
Created on 29 January 2025
9. Cave of Consciousness
(News & Blog)
... and heal from their experiences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), connect and grow as leaders in their communities, and create short videos calling for an end to this harmful practice. Below ...
Created on 23 January 2025
10. Sustainable Development Goals: How the UNs Benchmarks Align with Sahiyo’s Mission to End Female Gential Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Equality — specifically target 5.3 — which calls for the elimination of all harmful practices, including FGC.  How do the goals of Good Health and Wellbeing for All, and Gender Equality, relate to Sahiyo’s ...
Created on 12 December 2024
11. Reflections on the Sahiyo Activist Retreat: A Transformative Experience
(News & Blog)
... I made at the retreat will be instrumental in helping me achieve these goals. A Call to Action The Sahiyo Activists Retreat has been a transformative experience that I will carry with me for many years ...
Created on 12 December 2024
12. The Washington Coalition to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Interview Series: Amie Kujabi
(News & Blog)
... calls for greater collaboration and networking among organizations, recognizing that the issue of FGM/C intersects with many other social and health concerns. For those considering sharing their own ...
Created on 19 November 2024
13. Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference 2024
(News & Blog)
... initially discussed at Women Deliver 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, on specifically funding grassroots FGM/C movements and organizations. Participants collaborated to brainstorm best practices for grantmaking ...
Created on 18 November 2024
14. My Story, My Voice
(News & Blog)
... still ongoing. I wanted to share my story with the world so people can start to understand how this practice can affect a person both physically and mentally, I also wanted to share my story to help ...
Created on 05 November 2024
15. The forgotten history of female genital cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... demographics not typically associated with this issue. However, disappointment arose when the 2018 case was eventually dismissed on a technicality, relating to how the original law banning the practice ...
Created on 24 October 2024
16. How can you, as an ordinary person, help end female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... to not only become a voter but to be fully politically engaged.  A few months ago, I attended a webinar hosted by API-GBV on advocacy and issues education, and I’ll be sharing what I learned from the ...
Created on 22 October 2024
17. Join Us for an Inspiring Webinar: Youth Advocates Against Female Genital Cutting - A Conversation on Change
(News & Blog)
... webinar is more than just a conversation—it’s a call to action. By participating, you will: Empower Youth Advocates: Provide a space for young advocates to share experiences and personal strategies ...
Created on 15 October 2024
18. Sahiyo U.S. Joins Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds in 15.8M Initiative to address systemic barriers to health
(News & Blog)
... intentional, cross-sectoral systems change that will directly reduce health inequities for survivors of FGM/C in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the very state where I call home. Being able to approach ...
Created on 26 September 2024
19. Donor Spotlight: Brad Mazon
(News & Blog)
... for me and for my family the way she did. I began to understand how FGM impacts women not just physically but also psychologically and socially. It wasn’t that these women weren’t as smart or as motivated ...
Created on 24 September 2024
20. Male Engagement within the Movement to End FGM/C: From Conversation to Connection: Creating a dialogue between men and women on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... who we worked with called Kak Sarhad. He was a mayor in a village by the name of Tutaqal. His leadership and willingness to speak on the practice was one of the reasons the village became FGM-free. He ...
Created on 16 September 2024