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21. Help a Change Maker Through the FGM/C Policy Advocate Care Fund
(News & Blog)
In late 2025, Sahiyo introduced The FGM/C Policy Advocate Care Fund, a partnership between Sahiyo and The U.S. End FGM/C Network. This fund was created to provide resources to the incredible advocates ...
Created on 13 March 2025
22. Announcing Our New T&TA MA Coordinator: Olivia Harris
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is pleased to share that we have recently hired Olivia Harris as our new Massachusetts Community Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator. Olivia joined the team in January 2025 to support Sahiyo ...
Created on 12 March 2025
23. Sahiyo Releases Toolkit for Survivor and Community Engagement to Address FGM/C
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is pleased to announce the release of the new resource, How to Engage Survivors & Communities Impacted by Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting(FGM/C): A Toolkit for Creating Engagement. This toolkit ...
Created on 11 March 2025
24. Newly Released: Sahiyo’s Toolkit on Survivor and Community Engagement!
(News & Blog)
Here at Sahiyo, we believe that every individual and community impacted by female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) deserves to be heard, supported, and empowered. That’s why we’ve created the How to ...
Created on 11 March 2025
25. 2025 Comedy Show & Auction Sponsor Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo will host its third annual Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction with the goal of raising $15,000 in support of our work to end female genital cutting. The auction will open on Wednesday, March ...
Created on 06 March 2025
26. Positive Masculinity; A Critical Tool in the Movement to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
By Brad Mazon, PhD. Brad is a Bhaiyo volunteer, nonprofit consultant, husband, father, and an advocate against female genital mutilation/cutting worldwide. I had the opportunity to attend two webinars ...
Created on 20 February 2025
27. Intern Spotlight: Policy Intern Rachel Aguilar
(News & Blog)
Rachel Aguilar is a fourth-year at the University of Chicago where she is a Dean's, University, and Dewey Scholar. She majors in Political Science and minors in Inequality, Social Problems, and Change. ...
Created on 18 February 2025
28. Legislative Updates: Connecticut Moves Closer to Passing a Bill to Support Survivors of Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
It’s been a busy year so far in Connecticut when it comes to advocating to end female genital cutting, (FGC)! Here are some updates we’d like to share with you all: Legislative Developments On February ...
Created on 18 February 2025
29. Join Sahiyo, the Asian Women’s Shelter, and Silence Speaks for a Parallel Event at the 69th Session of Commission on the Status of Women in New York
(News & Blog)
On March 18, 2025, Sahiyo, in collaboration with the Asian Women’s Shelter and Silence Speaks, will host a parallel event at the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York ...
Created on 11 February 2025
30. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
In October 2024 I participated in the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week (AQLW), in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus. I represented the End FGC Singapore campaign and was awarded the Sahiyo ...
Created on 06 February 2025
31. Uniting to End FGM/C Across the Americas: A Joint Statement
(News & Blog)
This February 6th - International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, in recognition of this year’s theme - "Stepping Up the Pace. Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements ...
Created on 06 February 2025
32. Connecticut’s Lieutenant Governor Recognizes International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C
(News & Blog)
The Connecticut (CT) Coalition to End FGM/C, of which Sahiyo is a founding member, is so pleased to see that Connecticut’s Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz has issued a citation to recognize February ...
Created on 06 February 2025
33. Sahiyo research uplifts how intersectionality impacts the movement to end FGM/C this February 6th
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In recognition of Feb 6th, International Day of Zero Tolerance to End FGM/C, and this year’s theme “Stepping up the Pace: Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM,” our upcoming publication ...
Created on 06 February 2025
34. Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administratio
(News & Blog)
To our Sahiyo community, We realize that the past few weeks have been stressful to say the least. With the new administration’s slew of Executive Orders targeting the most vulnerable and the dismantlement ...
Created on 31 January 2025
35. Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
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At Sahiyo, we are disheartened and frustrated by the harmful conflation between female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and gender-affirming care made in a recent Executive Order issued by the Trump ...
Created on 31 January 2025
36. Calling CT Residents to Action - Ban FGM/C in Connecticut
(News & Blog)
Connecticut legislatures have recently introduced House Bill 6596 to protect girls and women from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Connecticut is one of only nine states without legislation protecting ...
Created on 30 January 2025
37. Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)
(News & Blog)
Hartford, CT – In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC), State Representative Jillian Gilchrest and State Representative Nicole Klarides-Ditria along ...
Created on 29 January 2025
38. Cave of Consciousness
(News & Blog)
Recently Sahiyo’s Editorial Assistant Megan Seaver sat down with 2022 Voices to End FGM/C Alum Ibtisam  to discuss the screening of her Voices digital story at the 2024 Trauma-Informed Film Festival, Leeds, ...
Created on 23 January 2025
39. Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
(News & Blog)
By Sophia Lynn Jones As a Maine resident, I was surprised to learn that my state is one of nine left in the U.S. without any laws protecting children from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Upon ...
Created on 20 January 2025
40. Empowered and Ignited
(News & Blog)
By: Emily Lerosion Each year Sahiyo hosts an annual Activists Retreat to gather anti-FGC activists in a safe and supportive space, where they can engage in meaningful discussions about FGC. These retreats ...
Created on 18 January 2025