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21. Sahiyo’s Mariya Taher receives Survivor Activist Award
(News & Blog)
On Saturday, October 2, the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation recognized Sahiyo Cofounder, Mariya Taher with the Survivor Activist Award at their annual 5K Walk to End FGM Charity Event in Washington ...
Created on 08 December 2017
22. ‘I feel dirty and violated’: A Bohra survivor of Female Genital Cutting shares her story
(News & Blog)
... excited. So we set out, my nani and I, on a little walk around the block. She explained to me that we were going to see an older lady who was going to help me with something that was for my own benefit. ...
Created on 08 November 2017
23. Khatna among Suleimanis, from the perspective of an 'outsider
(News & Blog)
... longer affected… But there is a problem of course … You cannot really walk up to a woman and ask outright, can you? It is considered a deeply private matter. So it seems many men in the community are ...
Created on 11 March 2017
24. 'I am relieved more parents are saying no to female circumcision'
(News & Blog)
... but my underwear was gone. After putting me through that ordeal, they asked me to get up and try to walk in my clothes but without my underwear.   The thought of going through this so-called “religious ...
Created on 22 September 2016
25. Receiving the 'Daughter of Maharashtra' award: Sahiyo co-founder shares her experienc
(News & Blog)
... Sahiyo was the last recipient of this award. The venue at ILS Law College was teeming with women from different walks of life, and rightly so, since the other recipient of this award was Chhaya Tamchekar, ...
Created on 06 August 2016
26. Today, I Call Myself A SURVIVOR Of FGM
(News & Blog)
... about the outing. Little did I realize that this would be a trip I would want to forget about! We walked into the bohra mohalla in Pune and went up a flight of stairs of a very dingy looking apartment ...
Created on 03 March 2016
27. My experience at the Global Woman Awards and Walk to End FGM
(News & Blog)
By Rachel Wine On September 30th, I had the honor of joining survivors, activists, and allies from around the world to participate in the 9th Annual Global Woman Awards the 10th Annual Walk to End FGM. ...
Created on 03 October 2023
28. Walking Together: My Experience at the Annual Walk to End Female Genital Mutilation in D.C.
(News & Blog)
By Samman Masud This year, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Annual Walk to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), held in Washington, D.C. on September 28th, 2024. The sense of community ...
Created on 17 October 2024
29. Global Women P.E.A.C.E Foundation 5K Walk Against FGM
(News & Blog)
Each year, the Global Women P.E.A.C.E. Foundation hosts a 5K Walk Against FGM in Washington, D.C., and activists working to end FGC around the world come to participate. This year, the event was extended ...
Created on 03 December 2018
30. Reflections after sharing my story during the Psychosocial Impacts of FGM/C Webinar
(News & Blog)
... meal, a comforting TV show, or a mindless walk through the grocery store. Today, I wanted to describe what I am feeling and release some of this tension through writing.  As the years have passed, the ...
Created on 19 May 2024
31. U.S. Court's dismissal of FGM/C charge in Michigan case is disappointing, but does not condone genital cuttin
(News & Blog)
... of Sahiyo Stories, a collection of digital stories created by U.S. women who have undergone FGC or who have loved ones who have undergone it. After those videos were shown at the screening, a couple walked ...
Created on 21 November 2018
32. Today, I Call Myself A SURVIVOR Of FGM
(News & Blog)
... about the outing. Little did I realize that this would be a trip I would want to forget about! We walked into the bohra mohalla in Pune and went up a flight of stairs of a very dingy looking apartment ...
Created on 03 March 2016
33. Reflecting on a Screening of The Beginning, a Film Directed by Sahiyo Co-founder Insia Dariwala
(News & Blog)
... The film is currently being screened at various festivals around the world and has already won four awards and three official selections globally. A large group of attendees from different walks of life ...
Created on 27 August 2024
34. It's a Marathon, Not a Rac
(News & Blog)
... against this horrendous practice. I want my story to captivate the attention of people from different walks of life. I hope that it will inspire survivors to share their stories, allies to render their ...
Created on 12 January 2024
35. Volunteer spotlight: Editorial intern Urvashi Sharma
(News & Blog)
...  What was your experience of learning about FGC for the first time like? I was fourteen and had just finished reading Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret of Joy. Like most reactions to learning about ...
Created on 25 August 2022
36. Activists Retreat Reflection: Umme's experienc
(News & Blog)
... almost dreaded doing, because it cemented the feeling of walking into a den of lions. I wondered if I would be judged as harshly as I feel I am by the Bohra community I know, by my extended family, by ...
Created on 29 July 2022
37. Bhaiyo Spotlight: Honoring Donald Strong
(News & Blog)
... walked into any meeting, within five minutes, he made sure everyone knew one another and how we were all connected. I remember we were giving a presentation at the UN about FGM/C, and the storytelling ...
Created on 15 November 2021
38. Sahiyo Partner Spotlight: Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation
(News & Blog)
... is to empower women and girls through education to help eradicate gender-based violence with sole focus on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). GWPF created the Walk To End FGM, the first of its ...
Created on 17 November 2020
39. Voices Series: Why your story is worth sharing
(News & Blog)
... Voices to End FGM/C enables those who have been affected by female genital mutilation/cutting to tell their stories through their own perspectives, in their own words. By Mariam Sabir  I walked into ...
Created on 08 July 2020
40. Missing Link
(News & Blog)
... understand ways to take action– it has become a movement. A movement that I want to walk with. While energy can subside, the power of one weekend still buzzes in my heart. Knowledge, trauma, empowerment, ...
Created on 10 September 2019