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1. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
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Created on 30 November -0001
3. Reflecting on the Critical Intersections Webinar
(News & Blog)
... experiences with intersectionality in their own work surrounding FGM/C, and how the findings from the report can strengthen the movement to end FGM/C.   In specific, Aarefa discussed how religion intersects ...
Created on 21 March 2025
4. Sahiyo research uplifts how intersectionality impacts the movement to end FGM/C this February 6th
(News & Blog)
...  The report addresses the following topics within these two themes:  Intersections between FGM/C and Race, LGBTQIA+, Religion, and Gender.  Challenges and Opportunities to Cross Collaboration. From ...
Created on 06 February 2025
5. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
...  Since FGC is often connected with ideas of religion amongst some practicing communities, Joanne explains how some pro-FGC individuals believe that FGC should fall under the First Amendment as freedom ...
Created on 04 September 2024
6. Sahiyo U.S. Releases New Impact Report: Policy Outreach, Education, and Advocacy Program
(News & Blog)
... of laws, communities can begin to realize that harmful practices – even those perceived to be steeped in culture and/or religion – should not be perpetuated. Furthermore, research indicates that to achieve ...
Created on 20 August 2024
7. A Conversation On Intersectionality: Sahiyo and The U.S. Network Launch Pilot Project
(News & Blog)
... oppressions and FGC. Topics addressed by the questions include ties between FGC and religion, the conflation of gender-affirming care and FGC, racial stereotyping, and more. The goals of this initiative ...
Created on 18 July 2024
8. Reflecting on the Activist Retreat
(News & Blog)
... like I can make a difference. It’s important to recognize that FGC occurs across the world and it's not limited by religion or socioeconomic status or geography. At the retreat, we brought in a physician ...
Created on 28 May 2024
9. Critical Intersections of FGM/C: Law and Policy in Systems of Oppression Presentation
(News & Blog)
... law and policy will be discussed within the context of religion, race/racism, and xenophobia. An intersectional framework highlights the need for those working within the FGM/C sphere to understand the ...
Created on 16 April 2024
10. Presenting the Critical Intersections Research Project to The Girl Generation
(News & Blog)
... Cutting (FGC). Additionally, the presentationexplored the seven core themes derived from our scoping review: Religion, Race, Bodily Autonomy, Queer Gender & Sexuality, Feminism, Law & Policy, and Climate ...
Created on 08 December 2023
11. Sahiyo receives grant from Resist
(News & Blog)
... have policy against FGC; and conduct valuable research investigating the needs of FGC survivors and the intersections of FGC and other oppressions, such as discrimination based on race, gender, religion, ...
Created on 13 October 2023
12. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo publishes Examining the Current State of Critical Intersections: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Social Oppressions report
(News & Blog)
...  The report breaks down how the following themes, and how they intersect with the harmful practice of FGM/C: Religion: FGM/C occurs within many different religious communities, yet a focus on ...
Created on 03 October 2023
13. A daughter’s khatna, a father’s regret: A poem in Hindi
(News & Blog)
... to end the cutting of girls in the name of religion.   एक पिता का अफ़सोस कई बरसों रहे दोनों बेकरार रहमान ने लगाया बेड़ा पार   बुजुर्गों की दुआओं का भी असर गुड़िया रानी आयी हमारे घर   रौशन ...
Created on 28 August 2023
14. Critical Intersections
(Programs)
... and sexuality, bodily autonomy, race/racism, religion, feminism, and law and policy.  Our trainings support organizations to do the following: Build holistic programs that identify the intersectional ...
Created on 28 August 2023
15. Sahiyo to launch first report from Examining Intersections Between FGM/C and other Social Oppressions Research Project
(News & Blog)
... understandings of critical factors intersecting with FGM/C and outline the gaps in our knowledge. The publication is organized around seven core themes that intersect with FGM/C: religion, climate change, ...
Created on 16 August 2023
16. Sahiyo receives grant from South Asian Bar Association of North America
(News & Blog)
... policy against FGC; and conducting valuable research investigating the needs of FGC survivors and the intersections of FGC and other oppressions, such as discrimination based on race, gender, religion, ...
Created on 02 August 2023
17. Sahiyo spotlight: Incoming U.S. Advisory Board Vice Chair Sakina Sharp 
(News & Blog)
... can’t do this, then by default, the religion is saying, you can’t do this.  Now, how impactful that is in practice, I don’t know. As a survivor, I feel like storytelling is more impactful, because it ...
Created on 29 March 2023
18. Session on FGM at the workshop Nayi Dishayein- Rethinking Development
(News & Blog)
... resulting from the enduring power structures that stem from the social markers of caste, gender, religion, and class; and how they are linked with the notion(s) of development. We began with a brief ...
Created on 06 February 2023
19. Reflecting on an Israeli Minister’s decision to not grant asylum for a woman fleeing female genital mutilation/cutting
(News & Blog)
... religious practice denies the reality that FGM/C is globally pervasive, and cannot be lineated with or justified by any one identity, be it religion, culture, or ethnicity. While both culture and religion ...
Created on 11 January 2023
20. Why sex educators need to know about female genital cutting (FGC)
(News & Blog)
... of the intersections of culture, religion, social norms, and sex. Perceptions of sexuality are innumerable around the world and always nuanced. Studying FGC will teach sex educators how to approach conversations ...
Created on 28 November 2022