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41. Training and Technical Assistance
(Programs)
... Our programs target gender-based violence organizations, law enforcement, educators, social workers, healthcare and mental health practitioners, as well as others. Through these training sessions, organizations ...
Created on 05 October 2022
42. Why are Indian ethics committees still hesitant to approve studies on FGM/C? 
(News & Blog)
... both doctors, sought out to survey Indian healthcare workers on their knowledge, attitudes, and practices about female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C). This simple cross-sectional study involved ...
Created on 23 September 2022
43. Volunteer spotlight: Programs intern Trisha Kini
(News & Blog)
... gender-based health inequities in healthcare systems, and is looking forward to raising awareness about the severe impacts of gender based violence especially among minority communities. What was your ...
Created on 22 August 2022
44. FGC in the United States: How Americans can help end this practice 
(News & Blog)
... created by Sahiyo, helps to educate the public while prioritizing culturally sensitive and inclusive framing of the practice. Anti-FGC support from our leaders and healthcare professionals helps tremendously ...
Created on 11 August 2022
45. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... survivors of FGC are underrepresented and silenced in FGC activism, statistics, academic literature, and healthcare settings. Health organizations and anti-FGC advocacy movements frequently use gender ...
Created on 01 August 2022
46. Sahiyo and StoryCenter Release Eight NEW ‘Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting’ Stories created by Survivors and Advocates 
(News & Blog)
... legislators, healthcare workers, and service providers about the implications of FGM/C and how to protect the next generation of girls from undergoing the practice.  To view the new videos, check out ...
Created on 25 July 2022
47. Webinar reflection: Centring Community in FGM/C Behaviour Change Theory
(News & Blog)
... change quite quickly in this way. While it is true that some individuals may be more persuasive than others, such as political and religious leaders, healthcare providers and respected elders in the community, ...
Created on 03 June 2022
48. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... most associated with cisgender and heterosexual women. Furthermore, anti-FGC laws in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against trans communities to deny them gender-affirming healthcare.  ...
Created on 25 May 2022
49. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Zahra Qaiyumi
(News & Blog)
... as well as abstracts and posters in order to disseminate Sahiyo’s work to healthcare providers, survivors, social works, and law enforcement, among other groups. I also support The Connecticut Coalition ...
Created on 21 April 2022
50. An FGC researcher's reflection on the first-ever Research Agenda and Ethical Guidance on Research for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilatio
(News & Blog)
... so researchers can clearly see what needs to be addressed most urgently. The document calls on researchers to ask important questions, the top priority being: “How can healthcare providers and the health ...
Created on 11 February 2022
51. Reflecting on the 'How to Stop The Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia' webina
(News & Blog)
... by a healthcare professional, whether in a public or a private clinic, at home or elsewhere. More than 200 million women and girls have experienced  some form of FGC, with 1 in 3 girls being cut by a health ...
Created on 09 February 2022
52. Connecticut Trauma and Gender Learning Collaborative Training Part 2
(News & Blog)
... between the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), the Connecticut Women’s Consortium (CWC), and other healthcare providers in Connecticut. TAG aims to promote best practices in trauma-informed, ...
Created on 08 February 2022
53. Introducing the Speakers for ‘How to Stop the Rising Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Cutting in Asia’
(News & Blog)
... Candy, Hinduja Healthcare Surgical and Holy Family hospitals in Mumbai. He currently is a member of the Governing Boards of Ipas, the Guttmacher Institute and Centre for Catalysing Change, as well as the ...
Created on 14 January 2022
54. Reflecting on Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After Female Genital Cutting Part 2
(News & Blog)
... to start grasping the suffering of so many women.  The importance of advocating for our own public health was subsequently expressed, especially as there are so few healthcare practitioners who are trained ...
Created on 15 December 2021
55. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor (2022-06-23)
(Events Calendar/A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor)
... webinar will also seek to explore how anti-FGC bills across the world are being co-opted to deny trans and gender-nonconforming individuals their right to healthcare. For this event, we will be joined ...
Created on 29 June 2022
56. Tufts University Conference on Public Health&Women’s Healthcare (2023-04-04)
(Events Calendar/Tufts University Conference on Public Health&Women’s Healthcare)
Tufts University Conference on Public Health&Women’s Healthcare Sahiyo co-founder Mariya Taher is speaking at a panel on female genital cutting (FGC) at the Tufts University Conference on Public Health&Women’s ...
Created on 03 April 2023
57. Navigating Relationships and Power Dynamics in FGM/C Work (17 April 2025 15:22)
(Events / Training)
... allow them to recognize and better navigate the power dynamics that arise within families, communities, and institutions  Target Audience: Healthcare professionals, social workers, community leaders, ...
Created on 21 February 2025
58. Trauma of Female Genital Mutilation (18 March 2025)
(Events / Training)
In this political climate with increased racism and sexism, diminishing human rights, restricted healthcare access and ongoing global migration, understanding FGM/C is critical. Participants will gain ...
Created on 14 March 2025
59. Principles of Survivor-Centered Programming for FGM/C (17 October 2024 12:00)
(Events / Training)
... practices in their own professional or advocacy work. Target Audience: Healthcare professionals, social workers, community leaders, educators, advocates, and anyone interested in understanding and ...
Created on 10 October 2024
60. Voices to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Video Screening & Discussion with Survivors of FGM/C in Washington State (13 June 2024)
(Events / Screening)
... holistic pathway toward addressing FGM/C within the state that encompasses a wide network of stakeholders in healthcare, government, nonprofit, and community-based organizations, and community members ...
Created on 05 June 2024