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61. Bringing female genital cutting to the forefront: How Sahiyo helped Nevin Sutherland attend the 2024 Asian Studies Conference
(News & Blog)
... practice is ongoing in many parts of Asia. “As the daughter of a single mother and a PhD student, there's no way I would have been able to attend the conference and put together the panel without Sahiyo’s ...
Created on 24 October 2024
62. The Washington Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Dr. Muna Osman
(News & Blog)
... found that slowly integrating conversations about FGC into her work with the community-founded safe motherhood program, Mama Aman, helped build that trust. "I started with pregnancy. But after I graduated, ...
Created on 24 October 2024
63. Donor Spotlight: Brad Mazon
(News & Blog)
... made a huge impression on me because a lot of the women I met with reminded me of my mother. I was raised by a single mother and I have always been in awe of her strength and resilience. It was the same ...
Created on 24 September 2024
64. Healing from Khatna with EMDR
(News & Blog)
... side, and my mother is on my left. In front of me, there is a woman, a doctor with a white coat. “I feel the fear in my body again.” They grab me from my legs, I am in a lithotomy position, and they ...
Created on 24 September 2024
65. Paving the Path to End FGC in Washington State! Year 1 in Review
(News & Blog)
We're excited to share the highlights of an incredible journey we've embarked on with our partners Mother Africa, The U.S. End FGM/C Network, and the Washington State Department of Health. Our collective ...
Created on 18 July 2024
66. Voices from Washington and Beyond: an In-Person Voices to End FGM/C Screening in Kent, WA
(News & Blog)
On June 13th, we had the privilege of hosting an in-person screening of the Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project in Kent, Washington, alongside project partners the US End FGM/C Network, Mother ...
Created on 16 June 2024
67. Sahiyo U.S. Engages Community Stakeholders in Seattle, Washington to Advance Senate Bill 5453 Initiatives
(News & Blog)
On April 23rd, 2024, Sahiyo U.S., in collaboration with the Washington Department of Health, Mother Africa, and the U.S. End FGM/C Network, convened a significant gathering at Greenriver College, Kent ...
Created on 14 May 2024
68. Join the FGM/C Prevention and Response in Washington State Advisory Committee
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo U.S. is pleased to announce that in collaboration with Mother Africa, the U.S. End FGM/C Network, and the Washington State Department of Health, we are seeking dedicated individuals to serve on ...
Created on 06 May 2024
69. It's a Marathon, Not a Rac
(News & Blog)
... cut. And my mother is finally on board with me. But all I can think is that I failed you. I wish I didn’t have this scar. I wish you didn’t either. But we don’t have to be silent about it.  ...
Created on 12 January 2024
70. Grief to promoting education: Jacqueline’s inspiration to end FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... it difficult to forgive her grandmother for her participation in carrying on the harmful practice. This loss of her friends and the disagreements with her grandmother allowed her to realize how dangerous ...
Created on 02 January 2024
71. Washington State becomes 41st state to pass law against FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... lives." ~Mother Africa  "We applaud Washington lawmakers for taking this critical step in the fight to eradicate the practice of FGM in the United States, and call on the remaining nine states to take ...
Created on 19 April 2023
72. Washington State makes progress to end FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Sahiyo, The U.S. End FGM/C Network, Children’s Alliance, and Mother Africa to help shed light on how FGM/C impacts those living in Washington state, and to discuss policy level solutions, community-based ...
Created on 05 April 2023
73. Washington Coalition hosts educational webinar on female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
On March 9th, the Washington Coalition to End FGM/C, in partnership with Sahiyo, The U.S. End FGM/C Network, Children’s Alliance, and Mother Africa, held a webinar called Protecting Children in Washington ...
Created on 16 March 2023
74. Training and Technical Assistance
(Programs)
... awarded Sahiyo, and co-applicants, Mother Africa and the U.S. End FGM/C Network, a contract to guide the implementation of Section 6 of the legislation, focusing on prevention and support for survivors.  ...
Created on 05 October 2022
75. An Emergency Within an Emergency: The Crises of Climate Change and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... The Economist, PBS NewsHour, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Mother Jones, CNN, and others. She has received fellowships from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the United Nations Foundation, ...
Created on 09 September 2022
76. Volunteer spotlight: Development Intern Shatize Pope
(News & Blog)
... women. As a mother to a young daughter, she is teaching her to always stand up for what is right no matter the obstacles that await. Shatize is looking forward to working for Sahiyo and educating those ...
Created on 03 August 2022
77. Webinar reflection: Centring Community in FGM/C Behaviour Change Theory
(News & Blog)
... beliefs about FGM/C and behaviour: we must not only work towards diminishing support for the practice, but also the act itself. Dr. Shell-Duncan explained the importance of this distinction, as mothers ...
Created on 03 June 2022
78. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Programs assistant Meg Sinnott
(News & Blog)
... was not something that my mother sat down and told me about; instead, it trickled into my subconscious through microaggressions, news stories, and personal experiences. Secondly, as a White Atheist living ...
Created on 06 April 2022
79. How I took part in the Each One, Reach Bhaiyo Campaign: Turning my Dad into a Bhaiyo
(News & Blog)
... atheist, he had some trouble understanding at first why mothers would continue to subject their daughters to FGM/C if they themselves disagreed with it because he has never followed a religious practice. ...
Created on 09 March 2022
80. Addressing Critical Intersections: Anti-Racism and Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... active since the birth of her second child in 2012 in women’s issues, decolonial feminism, anti-racism and healthcare activism. Sunera is constantly trying to reconcile and find a balance between motherhood, ...
Created on 05 July 2021