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141. Sahiyo’s Inaugural International Women’s Day Celebration & Silent Auction
(News & Blog)
... on Sunday, March 12, 2023. During this 5-day event, we will celebrate women's voices with video spotlights, stories, and entertainment.  Do you have an item you’d like to donate or would you like to participate ...
Created on 15 September 2022
142. PRESS RELEASE: Sahiyo & Asian Women’s Shelter Collaborate to Inform Crisis Line for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(News & Blog)
This International Women's Equality Day Sahiyo and Asian Women’s Shelter Launch Nations First Community-Based, Culturally Responsive Hotline to Support Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting! Across ...
Created on 24 August 2022
143. Joanna Vergoth chosen as 2021 CRAVE Foundation for Women honoree
(News & Blog)
We are proud to announce that Sahiyo U.S. Advisory Board Member Joanna Vergoth, LCSW, NCPsyA, was chosen as a 2021 CRAVE Foundation for Women grant recipient. She is a psychotherapist, specializing in ...
Created on 06 July 2022
144. Sahiyo collaborates further with Asian Women’s Shelter to support Survivors 
(News & Blog)
Since January 2022, Sahiyo has been in collaboration with Asian Women's Shelter (AWS) to increase capacity of services for survivors of female genital cutting (FGC). In June, Sahiyo conitnued with  trainings ...
Created on 06 July 2022
145. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... a lot of statistics and narratives surrounding FGM/C only focus on cisgender women. In order for me to access resources for FGM/C survivors, I felt pressured to identify as a cis-woman and nothing more. ...
Created on 31 May 2022
146. Sahiyo hosts Asian Women's Shelter trainin
(News & Blog)
On March 24th, 2022 Sahiyo hosted an inaugural training on female genital cutting (FGC) for Asian Women’s Shelter staff and their crisis line counselors who operate their hotline for have undergone or ...
Created on 21 April 2022
147. Using purity as a means to control women through Christianity and female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... acceptance. Frequently, a woman’s value is tied to her “purity” or virginity. This prejudice manifests in obvious ways, such as female genital cutting (FGC), and in more subtle ways like  teaching women ...
Created on 15 June 2021
148. Introducing Nala Feminist Collective: African Women and The 10 Demands, including ending female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
African women continue to struggle to find the right spaces to speak and share the realities of our generation. We do not lack bravery or confidence, but advocacy spaces that would engage our stories with ...
Created on 18 May 2021
149. Women should not be harmed because of societal norms
(News & Blog)
... Women who break from this social norm can face condemnation, abuse and rejection from family or community members. Patriarchal society can help perpetuate it generation after generation.  Female genital ...
Created on 29 April 2021
150. Four women who were pivotal to the movement to end female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
By Megan Maxwell The movement to end female genital cutting (FGC) has been in effect starting as far back as the latter half of the 19th century through the voices, writing, and research of women who ...
Created on 25 March 2021
151. Sahiyo and StoryCenter to host parallel session at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women meetings
(News & Blog)
... the Status of Women meetings.  At this event, we will introduce our collaborative Voices to End FGM/C project, which centers on storytelling by survivors and those affected by female genital mutilation/cutting ...
Created on 16 February 2021
152. Rejection of khatna must be a step in the liberation of Bohra women
(News & Blog)
By Zarina Patel Khatna, or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) within the Dawoodi Bohra community, is not a distinct or unique ritual. It has a context and it is important that Bohra women (and ...
Created on 13 August 2020
153. I was impressed with the courage of young women at Sahiyo's Activist Retrea
(News & Blog)
... chance to become acquainted with women from ages 21-28 years old. Talking to them over the course of the 3-days was very insightful. What amazed me was how self aware these young girls were about FGM/C. ...
Created on 24 October 2019
154. Thankful to be connected with so many incredible Bohra women
(News & Blog)
By Zehra Patwa I wasn’t a newbie, I had attended this retreat last year and I recall the immense healing power and strength of spending over two days with ten other Bohra women sharing our deepest feelings ...
Created on 09 July 2019
155. Multiple events on female genital cutting hosted at Women Deliver in Vancouver
(News & Blog)
From June 2 to June 6th, Sahiyo co-founder, Mariya Taher took part in Women Deliver 2019 held in Vancouver, Canada this year. Over 8,000 participants took part in the conference and for the first time ...
Created on 14 June 2019
156. 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
157. Aarefa Johari and Masooma Ranalvi discuss FGC at We the Women Bangalore
(News & Blog)
On October 7, Sahiyo co-founder Aarefa Johari and We Speak Out founder Masooma Ranalvi participated in a panel discussion on Female Genital Cutting in India, at the We the Women summit organised by veteran ...
Created on 05 November 2018
158. ‘I Hope my Story Helps other Women’: A Reflection on the Sahiyo Stories Workshop
(News & Blog)
... a sense of empowerment and catharsis. That’s why I was excited to reunite with some of the brave women I met on that retreat for a three-day storytelling workshop this past May. Since I didn’t have a clear ...
Created on 09 October 2018
159. Sahiyo Stories - Women in the U.S. Share Stories on Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
Sahiyo is excited to announce the launch of our digital story project: Sahiyo Stories! The project brought together nine women from across the United States to create personalized digital stories that ...
Created on 09 September 2018
160. To All of You Extraordinary Women Who Survived Female Genital Mutilation, You Are Strong
(News & Blog)
... like this. Children shouldn’t have to block a horrific memory from their minds and get flashbacks of it later in their lives. So, I praise you, my fellow women. You have gotten your stems cut off while ...
Created on 11 July 2018