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1. Urge Senator Winfield to Protect Girls from FGM/C in Connecticut
(News & Blog)
... Sen. Winfield, as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has the authority to raise the bill in the Senate. This is why we need to urge Sen. Winfield to raise the bill at the next Senate Session. Your ...
Created on 31 May 2025
2. 2025 Comedy Show & Auction Sponsor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... 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
3. Legislative Updates: Connecticut Moves Closer to Passing a Bill to Support Survivors of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... so many other girls in communities who practice FGM/C, went through.  I thank Lt Governor Susan Bysiewicz, chair of the Governor's Council on Women and Girls, and Rep Gillian Gilchrest, along with all ...
Created on 18 February 2025
4. Interview with Zehra Patwa of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... U.S.’s Advisory Board Chair and co-founder of WeSpeakOut.  When she was in her 40s, Patwa discovered that FGM/C was taking place in the Dawoodi Bohra community she belongs to. “I was shown an interview ...
Created on 20 October 2024
5. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Arefa Cassoobho
(News & Blog)
... if you, too, would like to contribute in some way,  click here to donate auction items, money, or sponsor the event. Today we’re profiling Arefa Cassoobhoy, who served as the chair of the Sahiyo U.S. ...
Created on 06 March 2024
6. Turning Grief into Purpose
(News & Blog)
... the danger.” Gugulethu ‘Gugu’ Makhari is a dynamic force dedicated to championing women's rights, human rights, and youth empowerment on a global scale. As the Chair of the Commission on Women's Rights ...
Created on 12 January 2024
7. L'Oréal Paris Inducts Ten Extraordinary Changemakers into Its Signature Philanthropic Initiative, Women of Wort
(News & Blog)
... Cassidy (New York, NY), Founder & Chairwoman of Twilight Wish Foundation, Cass Forkin (Jamison, PA), Activist, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Cardinals, Sophia Kianni (McLean, VA), Co-Founder ...
Created on 07 August 2023
8. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
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
9. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Vice Chair Sakina Sharp 
(News & Blog)
... 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
10. Sahiyo spotlight: Outgoing U.S. Advisory Board Chair Arefa Cassoobhoy
(News & Blog)
... 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
11. A conversation with Washington activist Absa Samba: SB 5453 a product of collaboration and persistence
(News & Blog)
... offer and invited other chairs of different Committees in the Senate to come to that, and it was at that point that I realized I was taking on more than I could afford to at the time. So I was connected ...
Created on 07 March 2023
12. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... connected to Sahiyo in various ways, as a partner with WeSpeakOut, a retreat organizer, a volunteer, and now, as Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board. Why did you decide to become a donor for Sahiyo’s Inaugural ...
Created on 25 February 2023
13. Moving Connecticut ahead: Protecting girls from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting 
(News & Blog)
... de Montpellier in France.  Zehra serves on several Boards, including Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Sahiyo US Advisory Board. After discovering ...
Created on 21 September 2022
14. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... Advisory Board chair, internal medicine physician, and chief medical editor of EverydayHealth.com Dr. Arefa Cassoobhoy. Panelists included poet, playwright, filmmaker, and producer Dena Igusti (they/them), ...
Created on 01 August 2022
15. You are not alone
(News & Blog)
By Maryan Abdikadir Why did you want to attend the workshop and share your story? I love storytelling and I come from a long line of storytellers and poets. I believe stories have a way of capturing ...
Created on 31 May 2022
16. Sahiyo speaks at the ABA International Law Section Annual Conference
(News & Blog)
... journalist, and activist working towards gender equality and the elimination of FGC to discuss legal tools and other measures that have been adopted to end this practice worldwide. Program Chair:   Sandrine ...
Created on 11 May 2022
17. DC’s “Female Genital Mutilation Prohibition Act of 2021”
(News & Blog)
On February 28th, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, convened a public hearing to consider Washington DC District Bill 24-0516, the “Female Genital ...
Created on 11 March 2022
18. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... Co-Chair of the Medical Advisory Panel, FPA India. He also serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Group on Maternal and Child Health and the Technical Sub Committee for Sexual Reproductive Health ...
Created on 14 January 2022
19. Sahiyo staff join panel on FGM/C with Drexel University faculty and students
(News & Blog)
... with the UNICEF Unite Club at Drexel University, this panel featured three other speakers: Mark Woodland, M.D., activist Cecirahim Sesay, and activist Nera Fernando. Dr. Woodland is a professor and chair ...
Created on 16 April 2021
20. Looking Back: Sahiyo at CSW/MALA's March 2019 Even
(News & Blog)
... Minnesota House of Representatives Andrea G. Bottner, J.D., Senior Advisor- Independent Women’s Forum Asad Zaman, M.D Zehra Patwa, WeSpeakOut Co-Founder and Sahiyo Vice-Chair ...
Created on 03 September 2019