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1. About - Funders & Partners
Created on 02 December 2020
2. About - Our Story
Created on 30 November -0001
3. Male Engagement within the Movement to End FGM/C: From Conversation to Connection: Creating a dialogue between men and women on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... highlighting the importance of engaging in conversations with men about FGC. In connection with that campaign, Sahiyo reached out to Bakahn Jamal, a Project Supervisor for Wadi, an organization promoting ...
Created on 16 September 2024
4. Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities
(News & Blog)
By Megan Seaver Bakhan is an activist and advocate against female genital cutting (FGC), and she is passionate about educating young girls on the topic. Bakhan also works as a Project Supervisor for Wadi, ...
Created on 02 January 2024
5. Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Editorial intern Kristin Grady
(News & Blog)
... I can do the important work of providing community, of shaping dialogue, around this issue. It’s hard. It’s hard wading through the intense, irreversible suffering of others. I’ve been angry. I’ve cried. ...
Created on 05 January 2022
6. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... India’s Bohra  Sahiyo posted on Orchid Project website  Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/Conference in Singapore Journalist opens up about ‘khatna’ among ...
Created on 02 March 2021
7. How Melinda Gates’ Moment of Lift addresses female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... felt she had to publicly support family planning in order to have any impact on communities. It took courage to talk out against something her faith supported, and she was worried about wading into politically ...
Created on 12 January 2020
8. Sahiyo Receives Grant from Wallace Global Fund!
(News & Blog)
... among Bohras. The survey was created with inputs from experts like Dr. Gerry Mackie, Molly Melching (Tostan), and members of the German-Iraqi NGO Wadi. More than 400 women completed the survey in the six ...
Created on 05 July 2016
9. Our History
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... undertaking of global study on Khatna/FGC among Dawoodi Bohra women   2016   Participated in first-ever conference for Asian anti-FGC advocates in Singapore, organised by Wadi and Aware. Launch ...
Created on 15 June 2016
10. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... assumes Vivienne Wee, a founding member of the Singaporean women’s organization Aware. The Singaporean feminist organization organized the conference together with WADI as part of WADI’s Stop FGM in the ...
Created on 25 January 2016
11. Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... assumes Vivienne Wee, a founding member of the Singaporean women’s organization Aware. The Singaporean feminist organization organized the conference together with WADI as part of WADI’s Stop FGM in the ...
Created on 25 January 2016
12. Male Engagement within the Movement to End FGM/C: From Conversation to Connection: Creating a dialogue between men and women on FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... highlighting the importance of engaging in conversations with men about FGC. In connection with that campaign, Sahiyo reached out to Bakahn Jamal, a Project Supervisor for Wadi, an organization promoting ...
Created on 16 September 2024
13. Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities
(News & Blog)
By Megan Seaver Bakhan is an activist and advocate against female genital cutting (FGC), and she is passionate about educating young girls on the topic. Bakhan also works as a Project Supervisor for Wadi, ...
Created on 02 January 2024
14. Sahiyo volunteer spotlight: Editorial intern Kristin Grady
(News & Blog)
... I can do the important work of providing community, of shaping dialogue, around this issue. It’s hard. It’s hard wading through the intense, irreversible suffering of others. I’ve been angry. I’ve cried. ...
Created on 05 January 2022
15. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... India’s Bohra  Sahiyo posted on Orchid Project website  Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/Conference in Singapore Journalist opens up about ‘khatna’ among ...
Created on 02 March 2021
16. How Melinda Gates’ Moment of Lift addresses female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... felt she had to publicly support family planning in order to have any impact on communities. It took courage to talk out against something her faith supported, and she was worried about wading into politically ...
Created on 12 January 2020
17. Sahiyo Receives Grant from Wallace Global Fund!
(News & Blog)
... among Bohras. The survey was created with inputs from experts like Dr. Gerry Mackie, Molly Melching (Tostan), and members of the German-Iraqi NGO Wadi. More than 400 women completed the survey in the six ...
Created on 05 July 2016
18. Our History
(Uncategorised)
... undertaking of global study on Khatna/FGC among Dawoodi Bohra women   2016   Participated in first-ever conference for Asian anti-FGC advocates in Singapore, organised by Wadi and Aware. Launch ...
Created on 15 June 2016
19. Wadi
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Wadi
Created on 02 January 2024
20. Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities
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By Megan Seaver Bakhan is an activist and advocate against female genital cutting (FGC), and she is passionate about educating young girls on the topic. Bakhan also works as a Project Supervisor for Wadi, ...
Created on 02 January 2024

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      • Survivor and Community Engagement Toolkit
    • Voices to End FGM/C
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    • Research
      • Critical Intersections
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