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1. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
2. Cave of Consciousness
(News & Blog)
... what I had shot on my little iPhone in the Ingleborough caves – to be put up on a huge screen with all the other films – was amazing.  To be sitting in the audience with no one else knowing that it was ...
Created on 23 January 2025
3. Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Reflection on our April 17, 2024 Webinar
(News & Blog)
... filmmaker Milena Warns from Without Exception Films. The moderators were Sahiyo Co-founder and U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher, and Equality Now Communications Officer for North America, Mel ...
Created on 21 May 2024
4. Upcoming Event: "Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Conversation
(News & Blog)
... and advocacy experts, including Senator Karen Kaiser, Emma Batha of Thomson Reuters Foundation News, journalist Milena Mikael Debass, and documentary filmmaker Milena Warns from Without Exception Films. ...
Created on 09 April 2024
5. Self-Love & Body Image  
(News & Blog)
... the expectations we see for body image today. The beauty standards we observe in films and media that are closely tied with ethnicity, race, body shape, and other features influence viewers to believe ...
Created on 17 January 2023
6. Sahiyo India holds guest lecture for students in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
... two short films from Sahiyo and StoryCentre's Voices to End FGM/C series: Why by Fakhera, and A Chorus of Voices by Aarefa. The lecture then helped students understand what FGC is, why it is practiced, ...
Created on 09 March 2022
7. Webinar: Female genital cutting is an under-recognized form of gender-based violence in the U.S.
(News & Blog)
... we also utilized the Voices to End FGM/C films throughout the presentation to help contextualize what the audience was learning and help them understand the stories behind the statistics. These films center ...
Created on 30 April 2021
8. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... films break silence around khatna through personal storytelling These 27 short videos highlight the horrors of female genital mutilation Female genital mutilation is a chronic global problem. It demands ...
Created on 02 March 2021
9. Support Sahiyo’s Work this Giving Tuesday
(News & Blog)
... their films created at the workshops  Help pay for participant’s travel to and from the workshop  Promote the new digital stories on Sahiyo’s social media platforms  Find out ...
Created on 23 November 2019
10. Cofounders
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... used her 14 years of experience in advertising & films, to highlight these issues. ‘The Candy Man’ her hard hitting debut film on child abuse won her two ‘Best Director’ awards in India, and was also nominated ...
Created on 02 July 2019
11. Locating female genital cutting through films and documentaries
(News & Blog)
By Debangana Chatterjee Though films and documentaries related to female genital cutting (FGC) promise to uphold the realities surrounding the subject, there are undeniable strings of subjective interpretations ...
Created on 19 February 2019
12. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... is an award-winning international filmmaker, and a TEDX Speaker, who effectively uses her creativity to spotlight difficult topics of our society in her films, and other visual communications. Through ...
Created on 16 September 2018
13. Deen and Duniya (Religion and the World) a film by Alisha Bhagat
(News & Blog)
... in creating social change. For example, a group of researchers in Sudan found that entertaining films can change attitudes and reduce gender bias. For those within the community, the purpose of the film ...
Created on 04 February 2017
14. Announcing 16 Days of Activism with Sahiyo: Join the campaign!
(News & Blog)
... by calling him on 0-9833733048 SAMABHAV is a film festival celebrating the rights of all genders, and the two-day event will include a host of other short films, features, and documentaries on the theme ...
Created on 24 November 2016
15. The Un-Cut
(News & Blog)
... Sholay. Fatema always had a weakness for Hindi films and Hindi songs. Even at the tender age of seven, she could sing every song with more proficiency than our older cousins. Had there been an Indian Idol ...
Created on 29 August 2016
16. Locating female genital cutting through films and documentaries
(News & Blog)
By Debangana Chatterjee Though films and documentaries related to female genital cutting (FGC) promise to uphold the realities surrounding the subject, there are undeniable strings of subjective interpretations ...
Created on 19 February 2019
17. Cave of Consciousness
(News & Blog)
... what I had shot on my little iPhone in the Ingleborough caves – to be put up on a huge screen with all the other films – was amazing.  To be sitting in the audience with no one else knowing that it was ...
Created on 23 January 2025
18. Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Reflection on our April 17, 2024 Webinar
(News & Blog)
... filmmaker Milena Warns from Without Exception Films. The moderators were Sahiyo Co-founder and U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher, and Equality Now Communications Officer for North America, Mel ...
Created on 21 May 2024
19. Upcoming Event: "Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Conversation
(News & Blog)
... and advocacy experts, including Senator Karen Kaiser, Emma Batha of Thomson Reuters Foundation News, journalist Milena Mikael Debass, and documentary filmmaker Milena Warns from Without Exception Films. ...
Created on 09 April 2024
20. Self-Love & Body Image  
(News & Blog)
... the expectations we see for body image today. The beauty standards we observe in films and media that are closely tied with ethnicity, race, body shape, and other features influence viewers to believe ...
Created on 17 January 2023
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  • About Us
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  • Our Programs
    • Community Outreach
      • Advocacy & Travel Award
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    • Voices to End FGM/C
    • Training and Technical Assistance
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    • Research
      • Critical Intersections
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    • Policy
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  • Our Impact
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