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21. Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope
(News & Blog)
... to specialise in international law with the hopes of one day working for The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Shatize is very passionate about creating a safe space ...
Created on 03 August 2022
22. Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Belong in the Movement to End FGC
(News & Blog)
... reached a deeper place of acceptance with my own trauma. I choose patience, healing, and compassion just as I choose “survivor.” And that choosing is an act of defiance, of empowerment, of strength. It ...
Created on 24 June 2022
23. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Programs assistant Meg Sinnott
(News & Blog)
... about different cultures which has led her to become an advocate for the empowerment of minority groups. During her time at college, Meg was an avid member of the Gender Equality Society and coordinated ...
Created on 06 April 2022
24. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Development assistant Michelle Taylor
(News & Blog)
Michelle comes to Sahiyo with over a decade of nonprofit development and fundraising experience focusing on various areas including youth development, health, education, and women’s empowerment. Michelle ...
Created on 15 March 2022
25. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... the last 10 years, she has been working closely with the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, and the Ministry of Health to stop FGM/C in Indonesia, and in particular, the ...
Created on 14 January 2022
26. Sahiyo’s Book Club Holds Second Event In February 
(News & Blog)
... piece of media. With themes including feminism, equality, bodily autonomy, women-centered movements, and sexual empowerment, this club will focus on uplifting the stories and experiences of women everywhere.   ...
Created on 05 January 2022
27. Sahiyo’s Book Club to hold second event in February
(News & Blog)
... a  chosen piece of media. With themes including feminism, equality, bodily autonomy, women-centered movements, and sexual empowerment, this club will focus on uplifting the stories and experiences of women ...
Created on 04 January 2022
28. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Editorial coordinator Rachel Wine
(News & Blog)
... elevating survivors’ voices for the empowerment of women everywhere. When and how did you first get involved with Sahiyo? I first started working with Sahiyo in September of 2021. I had learned about ...
Created on 04 November 2021
29. Sahiyo partners with FAWCO to lead an educational webinar on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States
(News & Blog)
... practicing communities, as well as the individual and collective benefits of creating positive social change through empowerment. It was evident that this had informed Sahiyo’s own unique approach to supporting ...
Created on 01 November 2021
30. Sahiyo’s new book club officially launches in October
(News & Blog)
... bodily autonomy, women-centered movements, and sexual empowerment - this club will focus on uplifting the stories and experiences of women everywhere.   Our first meeting will be held on October 13th, ...
Created on 27 September 2021
31. Sahiyo takes part in a variety of virtual NGO CSW 65 Forum events in March
(News & Blog)
... forth a comprehensive dialogue on how current and future digital/social media tools can further accelerate the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. CSW 65 theme is ...
Created on 20 April 2021
32. Four women who were pivotal to the movement to end female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... was substantially influenced by the Community Empowerment Program (CEP): a program established by Tostan that engages communities in their languages on themes of democracy, human rights (including female ...
Created on 25 March 2021
33. Upcoming webinar: Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After FGC
(News & Blog)
... She also travels to Sierra Leone to run empowerment and educational workshops aimed at young people and communities. In 2019, Sarian won the Prime Minister’s Point of Light Award. In 2014, she received ...
Created on 04 September 2020
34. Voices to End FGM/C Launch: 27 survivors and activists create videos to share their stories
(News & Blog)
... share this process with other women was a beautiful process of collective empowerment that allowed us not to be invisible and do so while using our imagination, art, poetry, music, colours.” The program ...
Created on 05 February 2020
35. Voices to End FGM/C
(Uncategorised)
... Sharing this process with other women was a beautiful process of collective empowerment that allowed us to be visible, while using our imagination, art, poetry, music, and colours.”  –Storyteller Su ...
Created on 13 December 2019
36. Missing Link
(News & Blog)
... understand ways to take action– it has become a movement. A movement that I want to walk with. While energy can subside, the power of one weekend still buzzes in my heart. Knowledge, trauma, empowerment, ...
Created on 10 September 2019
37. Global Call to Action From “Uniting forces to make female genital mutilation/cutting a practice of the past: A gathering for global civil society actors”
(News & Blog)
... knowledge gap on FGM/C survivors’ specific needs, impact on economic empowerment, and behaviour change around emerging trends such as medicalisation and lower ages of cutting Use community-based ...
Created on 04 September 2019
38. The complexities of female genital cutting in Singapore: Part IV
(News & Blog)
... for medical and religious leaders to step up and clarify the fatwas and medical criteria surrounding this procedure in Singapore. Saza is passionate about women’s rights and empowerment and seeks to assist ...
Created on 18 July 2019
39. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part III
(News & Blog)
Tradition and patriarchal elements of FGC   By Saza Faradilla Country of Residence: Singapore This blog post is the third in a four-part series about female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore. This ...
Created on 02 July 2019
40. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part II
(News & Blog)
Part II: Cleanliness and religious reasons for FGC By Saza Faradilla Country of Residence: Singapore This blog post is the second in a four-part series about female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore. ...
Created on 30 April 2019