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21. Apply for our Voices to End FGM/C 2024 Hybrid Digital Storytelling Workshop!
(News & Blog)
... of our advocacy efforts to raise awareness.  Apply by April 15, 2024 to be part of the ninth Voices to End FGM/C cohort! For inquiries, contact Aries at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also visit our website ...
Created on 12 March 2024
22. Sahiyo's Silent Auction Donor Spotlight: Arefa Cassoobho
(News & Blog)
... and how did your involvement with Sahiyo first begin? I discovered Sahiyo’s website online when I was researching FGC for my work at WebMD and Medscape back in 2018. There was an excellent media resource ...
Created on 06 March 2024
23. The African Women’s Clinic: An Interview with Australia’s Only FGM/C Clinic
(News & Blog)
... Clinic’s website.  *Please note that since this discussion, Nigisti Mulholland has retired. Congratulations on your retirement, Nigisti! Thank you for your years of service supporting the health and ...
Created on 27 February 2024
24. NEW Voices to End FGM/C Podcast!
(News & Blog)
We’re thrilled to share an exciting update from our Voices to End FGM/C project - our NEW podcast!  Since 2017, this project has brought together 70 storytellers from 20+ countries. While they crafted ...
Created on 07 December 2023
25. FGM/C Sexual Education & Prevention: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
By Kiah Leone In celebration of World Sexual Health Day, I sat down with Dr. Awwad, the co-founder of Egypt’s first-ever multidisciplinary female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) clinic, Restore, to ...
Created on 13 November 2023
26. Volunteer Spotlight: Social Media and Communications Intern Xinge Lei
(News & Blog)
... the organization uses, such as the Voices to End FGC Screening Guide. Some of my other tasks include maintaining social media followings, tidying up website content and writing captions for articles.  ...
Created on 09 November 2023
27. Register today for training on FGM/C for Social Workers
(News & Blog)
Title: FGM/C: It's Time to Talk About It Date: November 8, 2023  Time: 9:30-1:30 PM EST  Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is recognized in the US and internationally as a human rights violation ...
Created on 29 September 2023
28. Volunteer spotlight: Policy intern Delia Donovan
(News & Blog)
... on the organization because Sahiyo’s cause piqued my interest. When I went on the website, I found out that they were also looking for a U.S. policy intern. Being a political science major, this internship ...
Created on 11 September 2023
29. Psychosexual Care for FGM/C Survivors: An Interview with Dr. Reham Awwad
(News & Blog)
... to enough.”  To find out more about Restore, or to learn how you can support the funding of their curated care-programs for survivors, please visit Restore's website or follow them on Instagram. Learn ...
Created on 04 September 2023
30. Sexual pleasure after female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Derrick Simiyu “Female genital cutting is practiced to control women's sexuality.” This statement was one of the first things I learned as I read through materials on Sahiyo’s website when I began ...
Created on 11 August 2023
31. Reflecting on Sahiyo’s International Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auctio
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Thank you to everyone who participated in Sahiyo's inaugural International Women's Day Celebration & Silent Auction! We are truly grateful for the show of support. With the help of our incredible donors ...
Created on 14 April 2023
32. Self-Love & Body Image  
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By Trisha Kini Body image, which is closely tied to mental health and general wellbeing, refers to the way one perceives their body and the positive, negative, and/or neutral feelings that arise from ...
Created on 17 January 2023
33. Sahiyo releases July 2021-June 2022 Annual Report
(News & Blog)
...  We also launched a new website where you can learn more about the Voices to End FGM/C digital storytelling project at voicestoendfgmc.org. We received our first grant from the U.S. Department ...
Created on 07 December 2022
34. Why sex educators need to know about female genital cutting (FGC)
(News & Blog)
... education with survivor stories like those that can be found via the Voices To End FGM/C website, and ensuring that the experience and perspective of survivors is at the center of what sexual educators ...
Created on 28 November 2022
35. Sahiyo hosts workshop on FGC and storytelling for Nomad Travelers
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For nearly the whole month of November, Sahiyo's co-founder and U.S. Executive Director Mariya Taher was in Panama with the Noma Collective, a community of remote working professionals. On November 10th, ...
Created on 21 November 2022
36. Sahiyo begins seventh Voices to End FGM/C Workshop 
(News & Blog)
In collaboration with StoryCenter and Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS), Sahiyo began the seventh Voices to End FGM/C workshop on October 24th. This first meeting was held with participants from across the United ...
Created on 10 November 2022
37. Sahiyo presents at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota
(News & Blog)
On November 2nd, Sahiyo Programs Coordinator Catherine Cox and current volunteer (as well as former Development Assistant) Sarrah Hussein partnered on a presentation for a class at the Mitchell Hamline ...
Created on 10 November 2022
38. Training and Technical Assistance
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... the project's website and watch the Year 1 video recap.    Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (DOJ- OVW) TA Award  ...
Created on 05 October 2022
39. Sahiyo’s Inaugural International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction
(News & Blog)
Dates: Wednesday, March 08 - Sunday, March 12, 2023 Website Link: https://sahiyo.org/get-involved/events/sahiyo-silent-auction.html Item Donation Link: https://forms.gle/b7cHAALDU8QemtSi6    Sahiyo ...
Created on 15 September 2022
40. Volunteer spotlight: Editorial intern Urvashi Sharma
(News & Blog)
... all around the world and ask them for their input on our blog! Other than that, I also help with editing our website, publishing new stories and Sahiyo updates, and managing the newsletter. Recently, I ...
Created on 25 August 2022
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