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1. Washington D.C. Passes Comprehensive Law to Protect Children from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Act of 2024.” We celebrate the comprehensiveness of this law and are proud to witness D.C. become the final member of the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area to enact a law protecting girls ...
Created on 02 June 2025
2. Intern Spotlight: Policy Intern Sara Khattak
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C. I’ve attended meetings for the Washington, Connecticut, Hawaii, and DC, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) coalitions to End FGM/C. Each coalition is at a different progress stage, so I’m gaining a well-rounded ...
Created on 15 August 2024
3. Training the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice on how to support survivors of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
On August 8th, Sahiyo hosted a training for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice, titled “Cross-Collaborative Work: Incorporating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Survivors into Support Services ...
Created on 16 August 2023
4. The United States has a law banning female genital cutting. What now?
(News & Blog)
... a difficult task. Virginia is already in the process of doing that.”  Virginia has incorporated education about FGC into their school curriculum for middle and high schoolers in which they learn “the ...
Created on 14 January 2021
5. Survivor Support Resources
(Resources)
... more. VIRGINIA - Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation was founded on the principles of ending violence and injustices against women and girls. The mission of the organization is to empower women and girls ...
Created on 04 December 2020
6. Sahiyo Partner Spotlight: Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation
(News & Blog)
... legislation passed to have FGM/C criminalized in Virginia. In 2019, GWPF worked to get legislation passed in Virginia to include FGM/C in the Family Life Education curriculum for middle and high school ...
Created on 17 November 2020
7. Sahiyo address FGM/C education in webinar
(News & Blog)
... programs intern of Sahiyo; Angela Peabody, president and founder of the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E Foundation; Gabriela Uro, Council of the Great City Schools; and Richard Black, former Virginia senator. Find ...
Created on 06 August 2020
8. Why human rights education, including FGC, is crucial for American classrooms
(News & Blog)
... desperately needs to be improved. Moreover, there is a general need for increased education about FGC in American classrooms.  Public policy in England, as well as the state of Virginia (thanks to Angela ...
Created on 13 July 2020
9. How doctors responded to my genital mutilation: An American woman's 70-year journe
(News & Blog)
... baby. I had hoped to continue my obstetrical care with this compassionate physician so I felt a great loss. The next doctor assigned to me urged me to allow him to connect me with William Masters and Virginia ...
Created on 26 February 2019
10. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
(News & Blog)
... In addition, 25 states in the U.S, including the state of Virginia,  also have laws against FGM/C. We would like to make clear that FGM/C  is a universally recognized human rights abuse.  It is a form ...
Created on 08 June 2017
11. Cross-Collaborative Work: Incorporating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Survivors into Support Services in Virginia (08 August 2023)
(Events / Training)
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is recognized in the US and internationally as a human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence. This form of gender-based violence involves the partial ...
Created on 22 August 2023
12. Training the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice on how to support survivors of FGM/C
(News & Blog)
On August 8th, Sahiyo hosted a training for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice, titled “Cross-Collaborative Work: Incorporating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Survivors into Support Services ...
Created on 16 August 2023
13. Washington D.C. Passes Comprehensive Law to Protect Children from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
... Act of 2024.” We celebrate the comprehensiveness of this law and are proud to witness D.C. become the final member of the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area to enact a law protecting girls ...
Created on 02 June 2025
14. Intern Spotlight: Policy Intern Sara Khattak
(News & Blog)
... FGM/C. I’ve attended meetings for the Washington, Connecticut, Hawaii, and DC, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) coalitions to End FGM/C. Each coalition is at a different progress stage, so I’m gaining a well-rounded ...
Created on 15 August 2024
15. The United States has a law banning female genital cutting. What now?
(News & Blog)
... a difficult task. Virginia is already in the process of doing that.”  Virginia has incorporated education about FGC into their school curriculum for middle and high schoolers in which they learn “the ...
Created on 14 January 2021
16. Survivor Support Resources
(Resources)
... more. VIRGINIA - Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation was founded on the principles of ending violence and injustices against women and girls. The mission of the organization is to empower women and girls ...
Created on 04 December 2020
17. Sahiyo Partner Spotlight: Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation
(News & Blog)
... legislation passed to have FGM/C criminalized in Virginia. In 2019, GWPF worked to get legislation passed in Virginia to include FGM/C in the Family Life Education curriculum for middle and high school ...
Created on 17 November 2020
18. Sahiyo address FGM/C education in webinar
(News & Blog)
... programs intern of Sahiyo; Angela Peabody, president and founder of the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E Foundation; Gabriela Uro, Council of the Great City Schools; and Richard Black, former Virginia senator. Find ...
Created on 06 August 2020
19. Why human rights education, including FGC, is crucial for American classrooms
(News & Blog)
... desperately needs to be improved. Moreover, there is a general need for increased education about FGC in American classrooms.  Public policy in England, as well as the state of Virginia (thanks to Angela ...
Created on 13 July 2020
20. How doctors responded to my genital mutilation: An American woman's 70-year journe
(News & Blog)
... baby. I had hoped to continue my obstetrical care with this compassionate physician so I felt a great loss. The next doctor assigned to me urged me to allow him to connect me with William Masters and Virginia ...
Created on 26 February 2019