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21. Intern Spotlight: Fundraising and Auction Intern Elaina Baliner
(News & Blog)
... idea it was still occurring within communities in the United States. This realization really struck me, and Sahiyo's mission to end FGC resonated deeply with me.  As someone dedicated to advancing global ...
Created on 11 October 2024
22. Sahiyo U.S. Joins Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds in 15.8M Initiative to address systemic barriers to health
(News & Blog)
... and Executive Director, Mariya Taher, expresses her excitement about this initiative and the work ahead, “FGM/C is such an unaddressed issue in Massachusetts, let alone the United States. We’re excited ...
Created on 26 September 2024
23. Healing from Khatna with EMDR
(News & Blog)
... more positive, and resilient ones. Related links: Learn more about Asian Women's Shelter support line for survivors of FGM/C in the United States Check out Sahiyo's list of resources for survivors ...
Created on 24 September 2024
24. Interview with Joanne Golden of the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... than the collective, can be helpful. “There’s a perception in the United States that we’re all about the individual and not about the family and not about society [which differs from other democracies ...
Created on 04 September 2024
25. The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Caitlin LeMay
(News & Blog)
... like being raised in the US and the misconceptions around how FGM/C is not seen as an issue here. I was susceptible to those same misconceptions and miseducation about FGM/C and its impact in the United ...
Created on 20 August 2024
26. Sahiyo in D.C.! Key Insights from Our In-Person Meeting with DOJ OVW Partners
(News & Blog)
Earlier this year, we were honored to join forces with the Milken Institute School of Public Health, the U.S. End FGM/C Network, and the Global Woman PEACE Foundation (GWPF) to address FGC across the United ...
Created on 18 July 2024
27. Sahiyo's U.S. Executive Director will discuss transnational FGC at the United Nations in Genev
(News & Blog)
On July 3rd, Sahiyo’s co-founder and U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher will discuss cross-border and transnational female genital cutting (FGC) during the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations Human ...
Created on 28 June 2024
28. Sahiyo Presents FGC 101 Training at ICASA’s Annual Conference
(News & Blog)
... and prevalence globally and in the United States, with specific statistics from Illinois. The presentation emphasized the need for stronger data, enhanced research, and community engagement to improve ...
Created on 16 June 2024
29. Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Reflection on our April 17, 2024 Webinar
(News & Blog)
By Megan Seaver On April 17th, Sahiyo U.S and Equality Now had the honor of hosting a virtual event, "Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Conversation." ...
Created on 21 May 2024
30. Key takeaways from the “From Rhetoric to Reality: Closing the Funding Gap to End FGM/C” event
(News & Blog)
... the Global Platform coalition in partnership with the United States Mission to the United Nations, the “From Rhetoric to Reality: Closing the Funding Gap to End FGM/C” event sought to educate, mobilize, ...
Created on 09 May 2024
31. The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Jo Keogh
(News & Blog)
... in the United States. “95% of what I know now about FGM/C, I didn’t know at the beginning. I just knew I didn’t want it to happen in my state…like me, the mass majority of people in this country have ...
Created on 30 April 2024
32. Building Support for the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C After Failure in 2024 Legislative Session
(News & Blog)
By Juliet Shires In the 2024 legislative session, the Connecticut Judiciary Committee failed to raise a bill that would protect children from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Rep. Jilian Gilchrest ...
Created on 23 April 2024
33. New Report from the Population Institute on GBV: “Behind Closed Doors: Exposing and Addressing Harmful Gender-Based Practices in the United States”
(News & Blog)
Read more in “Behind Closed Doors: Exposing and Addressing Harmful Practices in the United States.” Sahiyo is proud to help announce the publication of a new report by the Population Institute a nonprofit ...
Created on 09 April 2024
34. Upcoming Event: "Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Conversation
(News & Blog)
Date: April 17, 2024 Time: 3:00 PM to 4:30 pm EST Registration: https://bit.ly/FGMCMediaReporting Join Equality Now and Sahiyo U.S. on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 3:00 PM EST, for a discussion ...
Created on 09 April 2024
35. UNICEF releases new data on global prevalence of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... the Funding Gap to End FGM/C”, a parallel event at the 68th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meetings, was hosted by The Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C in partnership with the United States ...
Created on 21 March 2024
36. From Rhetoric to Reality: Closing the Funding Gap to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... to enact change, which is why The Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C in partnership with the United States Mission to the United Nations is hosting  “From Rhetoric to Reality: Closing the Funding ...
Created on 04 March 2024
37. Connecticut Hosts a Legislative Briefing on Jan 25th
(News & Blog)
... the United States, as well as the need for comprehensive state laws to end the practice.  Panelists shared their experiences and lessons they learned from legal reform processes in other states, which ...
Created on 13 February 2024
38. Milken Institute School of Public Health, Sahiyo, and other Community Partners Receive DOJ Grant to end FGC
(News & Blog)
... of Sahiyo U.S. “It is significant that the OVW is recognizing the importance of addressing FGM/C in the United States, and that understanding its intersections with other forms of violence against women ...
Created on 08 February 2024
39. Milken Institute School of Public Health Joins Sahiyo U.S. and Other Community Partners in Receiving $300,000 DOJ Grant to Prevent Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... the United States working to end violence. “Two hundred million women worldwide have experienced FGM/C, with 3-4 million girls affected every year,” said Karen A. McDonnell, Associate Professor in the ...
Created on 05 February 2024
40. Sahiyo staff spotlight: Editorial Assistant Megan Seaver
(News & Blog)
... and friend groups, or even in my academic settings. FGC is also not something that is widely known about in the United States, even though the practice occurs here. I think that time spent at Sahiyo has ...
Created on 02 January 2024