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41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Melody Joy Eckardt
(News & Blog)
... country contexts. I also had a faculty position in obstetrics and gynecology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) with a focus on Women’s Refugee Health. It was at BMC that I learned about Female Genital Cutting ...
Created on 16 October 2019
53. Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Spotlight: Zehra Patwa
(News & Blog)
... on the Board of IRIS, a refugee resettlement agency working to help refugees make a successful life in the US. I feel very strongly that we need to see each other as human beings first rather than getting ...
Created on 08 April 2019
54. The Disturbing Trend of Medicalising Female Genital Mutilation
(News & Blog)
... seekers. Asylum seekers with potential claims for international protection, either for themselves or for daughters, could plausibly be denied refugee status if confusion is created on whether or not the ...
Created on 05 March 2019
55. Sahiyo Storycenter Workshop: The Power of Storytelling
(News & Blog)
... affairs and diversity group. She recently joined the Board of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS). After discovering well into adulthood, that Type 1 FGM/C was practiced in her community and ...
Created on 02 October 2018
56. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... of Hopkins School (New Haven, CT) and on the Board of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services – IRIS (New Haven, CT) . After discovering well into adulthood, that Type 1 FGM/C was practiced in her community ...
Created on 16 September 2018
57. Sharing My Story of Female Genital Cutting with Other Survivors Comforted Me
(News & Blog)
... Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and the Civil Litigation Clinic at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, and a fellow at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies ...
Created on 11 September 2018
58. Want to help us end female genital cutting? Vote for Sahiyo in the Shared Nation Contest!
(News & Blog)
Since 2014, Shared Nation has provided an online platform for citizens all around the world to come together in order to solve shared global problems like poverty, climate change, and refugee crises. Shared ...
Created on 01 August 2018
59. Interventions used to End FGC
(News & Blog)
2023 Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Resources listed by Country where it is known to be an indigenous practice or by populations of refugees/immigrants 2020  Sahiyo Stories: Shattering ...
Created on 28 March 2018
60. Before sharing your khatna story, consider your country's own legislation against FG
(News & Blog)
... listed by Country where it is known to be an indigenous practice or by populations of refugees/immigrants  – See more at http://www.refugeelegalaidinformation.org/female-genital-mutilation-grounds-seeking-asylum#countrylist ...
Created on 17 March 2016