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1. About - Funders & Partners
Created on 02 December 2020
2. Newly Released: Sahiyo’s Toolkit on Survivor and Community Engagement!
(News & Blog)
... face a lot of barriers to getting services. So creating those outreach and educational community events that we do in different apartment complexes here in Columbus, where most of our refugee and immigrant ...
Created on 11 March 2025
3. Supporting Survivors in the LGBTQIA+ Community: How Sahiyo Helped Afiqa Attend the ASEAN Queer Leadership Week
(News & Blog)
... education for rural children, animal rights, climate justice and sustainability, journalism, and refugee and migrant rights. Of course, the issue of FGM/C falls under sexual and reproductive health rights ...
Created on 06 February 2025
4. Staff Spotlight Community Engagement Coordinator: Samman Masud
(News & Blog)
... past, Samman has been affiliated with Amnesty International USA in various capacities, where she supported campaigns on violence against women, migrant and refugee rights, death penalty and other human ...
Created on 13 February 2024
5. A Personal Journey: Breaking the Silence on FGM
(News & Blog)
... also served as a commissioner for the City of Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Services, fostering inclusion and understanding among diverse communities. She gained valuable experience in the HR department ...
Created on 11 January 2024
6. You mean it’s not supposed to hurt when I pee?
(News & Blog)
... a comprehensive culturally tailored community center that provides comprehensive services that empower and contribute to the economic security and well-being of refugee and immigrant women and their families. ...
Created on 11 January 2024
7. Sahiyo welcomes Kaneez Madraswalla as new U.S. Advisory Board Member
(News & Blog)
... violence, refugee assistance, and grassroots political awareness. Though she was not exposed to female genital cutting (FGC) as a child, Kaneez is an aspiring feminist and Bohra woman raised by a strong ...
Created on 14 August 2023
8. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Chair Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... serves on several boards, including Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Sahiyo US Advisory Board. After discovering well into adulthood, that khatna ...
Created on 24 April 2023
9. Trusting Me
(News & Blog)
... if Washington coalition to end FGM/C. She is fluent in Arabic, Somali, and English. Her professional and research work focuses on innovative health care services and Health equity for refugee women healthcare ...
Created on 11 April 2023
10. Sahiyo’s International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Doris Mukangu of the Amani Women Center
(News & Blog)
...  The Amani Women Center (AWC) provides culturally tailored programs and services that empower and contribute to the economic security, spiritual, mental, and physical well-being of refugee and immigrant ...
Created on 06 March 2023
11. Volunteer spotlight: Naquia
(News & Blog)
... Public Health and a minor in Spanish. She is passionate about destigmatizing sexual and reproductive health, supporting immigrant and refugee communities, and promoting cultural humility in health care. ...
Created on 18 January 2023
12. Reflecting on an Israeli Minister’s decision to not grant asylum for a woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
By Rachel Wine On November 17th, outgoing Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked forwent the unanimous recommendation from a committee on refugee policy and rejected the asylum request of a young Sierra ...
Created on 11 January 2023
13. Reflecting on ‘Moving Connecticut Ahead: Protecting Girls from FGM/C’, a webinar
(News & Blog)
... Keuler - Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunity Faith Vos Winkel - Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate Martine Dherte - Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants As ...
Created on 09 November 2022
14. Moving Connecticut ahead: Protecting girls from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting 
(News & Blog)
... de Montpellier in France.  Zehra serves on several Boards, including Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Sahiyo US Advisory Board. After discovering ...
Created on 21 September 2022
15. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... multilingual crisis line to support survivors and communities to navigate harms, hardships, and healing related to gender-based violence, particularly domestic violence in immigrant and refugee communities. ...
Created on 24 August 2022
16. Sahiyo collaborates further with Asian Women’s Shelter to support Survivors 
(News & Blog)
... and oppression. AWS is committed to every person's right to live in a violence-free home, and has a specific focus towards addressing the cultural and language needs of immigrant, refugee, and U.S.-born ...
Created on 06 July 2022
17. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board spotlight: Nesha Abiraj
(News & Blog)
... of the chemical attacks in Syria led me to a course on refugees and asylum seekers, created by Amnesty International, which changed my life. After successful completion of the course, I knew I had to go ...
Created on 10 December 2021
18. Webinar: Female genital cutting is an under-recognized form of gender-based violence in the U.S.
(News & Blog)
... Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) – Health Practitioners Guide to Providing Culturally Competent Care for Women and Girls Affected by Female Genital Cutting Dahlia Project – Female Genital ...
Created on 30 April 2021
19. Art, Activism, and Healing webinar: In Conversation Around Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... art-based practices as a tool for trauma healing and restorative dialogue with immigrant and refugee communities affected by FGM/C and other forms of gender-based violence. Currently, Ms. Wachs is a psychotherapist ...
Created on 08 January 2021
20. U.S. may deny asylum for females fleeing gender-based violence
(News & Blog)
... the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child among others. To qualify for refugee status, an individual ...
Created on 06 July 2020