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1. About - Funders & Partners
Created on 02 December 2020
2. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
3. Survivor and Community Engagement Toolkit
(Uncategorised)
... Mariya Taher (Sahiyo), Samman Masud (Sahiyo), Wonder Guannu (African Cultural Alliance of North America), and Breanne Lash (Nile Sisters Development Initiative). The development ...
Created on 15 March 2025
4. Newly Released: Sahiyo’s Toolkit on Survivor and Community Engagement!
(News & Blog)
... provide valuable perspectives on addressing FGM/C across the United States. Insights are gleaned from the following organizations:  African Cultural Alliance of North America (ACANA)  African Family ...
Created on 11 March 2025
5. Uniting to End FGM/C Across the Americas: A Joint Statement
(News & Blog)
... North and South America, though misconceptions lead to falsely believing the Americas are immune from this form of gender-based violence. The latest data shows us that there may be over 700,000 women and ...
Created on 06 February 2025
6. Reflecting on the NAPIESV ARP SA Grantees Gathering in Honolulu, Hawaii
(News & Blog)
... launching its first-ever retreat to include individuals from Asian, Pacific Islander, and Southwest Asian/North African (API-SWANA) regions and communities in 2024. (To hear more about attendees' experience ...
Created on 17 October 2024
7. 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
8. Join Us at Sahiyos Activists Retreat
(News & Blog)
... pm PST/ 11 am to 4:00 pm EST (5 hrs) via Zoom Sunday, July 28 - 8 am to 10:30 am PST/ 11 am to 1:30 pm EST (2.5 hrs) via Zoom Who: The workshop is open to anyone residing in North America. Survivors ...
Created on 14 May 2024
9. Upcoming Event: "Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Conversation
(News & Blog)
... The moderators of this event are Sahiyo Co-founder and U.S. executive director, Mariya Taher, and Equality Now Communications officer for North America, Mel Bailey. Attendees will gain insights on: The ...
Created on 09 April 2024
10. Join us for Sahiyo’s 8th annual Activists Retreat
(News & Blog)
... The workshop is open to anyone residing in North America. Survivors of FGC, advocates working to end the practice and the general public interested in learning more about anti-FGC work are invited to attend. ...
Created on 19 March 2024
11. Pathways to Progress: Community Engagement in Ending Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... communities. We invite everybody to attend the virtual panel discussion! Speakers will include:  Wonder Guannu, who is the African Cultural Alliance of North America’s Project Coordinator for the ...
Created on 05 March 2024
12. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Kaneez Madraswall
(News & Blog)
... our second donor: Kaneez Madraswalla. Kaneez is Sahiyo’s U.S. Advisory Board Member and a trained lawyer. She works as the Vice-President of Compliance at QBE North America, where she also co-leads the ...
Created on 02 March 2024
13. Sahiyo welcomes Kaneez Madraswalla as new U.S. Advisory Board Member
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is eager to welcome Kaneez Madraswalla as our newest U.S. Advisory Board Member. A resident of New Jersey, Kaneez Madraswalla is a trained lawyer and Vice-President of Compliance at QBE North America, ...
Created on 14 August 2023
14. Sahiyo receives grant from South Asian Bar Association of North America
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America Foundation for a core support grant award of $6,500. The SABA Foundation supports access to justice ...
Created on 02 August 2023
15. Announcing the Women Deliver 2023 Conference
(News & Blog)
... make FGM/C a practice of the past. This represented the first time that global FGM/C activists from Africa to Europe, from Australia to Asia and to North America came together to unite voices around a ...
Created on 03 July 2023
16. Washington State becomes 41st state to pass law against FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... Regional Representative for North America and Global Lead on Adolescent Girls at Equality Now    “I’m overjoyed and extremely grateful that Washington state has taken a stand against female genital ...
Created on 19 April 2023
17. Activists Retreat Reflection: What community means to me
(News & Blog)
By Zehra Patwa My fifth experience at the Sahiyo Bohra Activists Retreat in June 2022 was, once again, eye opening, supportive, and so much fun; in particular, because I met a whole new set of North ...
Created on 04 August 2022
18. Reflecting on the 5th Annual Activist Retreat for members of the Bohra Community
(News & Blog)
... a diverse mix of experiences, personalities and genders, which made for some very interesting conversations. This was our first retreat with participants from across both North America and Europe, and ...
Created on 09 June 2022
19. You are not alone
(News & Blog)
... adding my voice to the growing discourse on Female Genital Mutilation, a much needed venture especially here in North America. I am hopeful other survivors will be able to come up and add their voice so ...
Created on 31 May 2022
20. Sahiyo’s statement on the Michigan case dismissal on Sep 28, 2021
(News & Blog)
... and legislation in the U.S., read CoP Law & FGM - Legislation in North America.) However, the combination of Judge Friedman's recent decision in September 2021 dismissing the remaining charges against ...
Created on 11 October 2021