Monthly Archive

2020

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 143 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
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More Than A Survivor: An interview with Farzana

Sahiyo understands that being a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) is just one moment of your life and only one part of who you are as a person. Oftentimes, being labeled as a survivor can preve... read more..

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More Than A Survivor: An interview with Fakhera

Sahiyo understands that being a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) is just one moment of your life and only one part of who you are as a person. Oftentimes, being labeled as a survivor can preve... read more..

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More Than A Survivor: An interview with Alifya

Sahiyo understands that being a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) is just one moment of your life and only one part of who you are as a person. Oftentimes, being labeled as a survivor can preve... read more..

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More Than A Survivor: An interview with Eliza

Sahiyo understands that being a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) is just one moment of your life and only one part of who you are as a person. Oftentimes, being labeled as a survivor can preve... read more..

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More Than A Survivor: An interview with Aisha

Sahiyo understands that being a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) is just one moment of your life and only one part of who you are as a person. Oftentimes, being labeled as a survivor can preve... read more..

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Sahiyo
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ખતના ના ખૂનથી લથબથ હાથ અને એ દીકરીઓની ચીસો ક્યારે પોહચશે આ સમાજ સુધી?

લેખક: અનામિકા ગુજરાત (લેખિકા ગુજરાતના એક સુસંસ્કૃત ગ્રામ્ય માહોલામાં જન્મ લઈને ગુજરાતના એક મોટા શહેરમાં દાઉદી વહોરા સમાજમાં પ્રવર્તી કુપ્રથાઓ અને કુરિવાજો સામે બંડ પોકારે છે. સ્ત્રી સમુદાયમાં પોતાનો આ... read more..

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Stay Tuned: Sahiyo's More Than a Survivor Campaign for the #16daysofactivism

November 25th marks the start of 16 Days of Activism, a collective and global time-period to observe and spread awareness on gender-based violence.  During this year’s 16 Days of Activism against... read more..

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Sahiyo participated in key virtual events with global organizations in October

October was an incredibly busy month for Sahiyo, and we were honored to take part in many events to highlight the issue of female genital cutting (FGC) to various audiences in a multitude of virtual e... read more..

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Sahiyo staff spoke in a symposia entitled Mothers and daughters: continuity, love, fear and belonging

Sahiyo Communications Coordinator Lara Kingstone and co-founder Mariya Taher were honored to speak on behalf of Sahiyo in a symposia entitled, Patriarchal Inscriptions: Female Bodies Contested, Invade... read more..

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Sahiyo Partner Spotlight: Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, was founded on the principles of ending violence and injustices against women and girls. Founded in 2010, the Global Woman or... read more..

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Sahiyo
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Dear Maasi: How do you navigate being a public advocate on female genital cutting while dating?

Dear Maasi is a column about everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! It’s a partnership between Sahiyo and WeSpeakOut, and is for all of us who have ques... read more..

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Virtual Thaal Pe Charcha goes pan India

Sahiyo held an online Thaal Pe Charcha (TPC), which loosely translates as “discussions over food,” on October 31st. TPC is a flagship Sahiyo program typically held in person, but was conducted online ... read more..

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Digital advocacy: The future of activism for survivors and activists

by Sandra Yu  Activism is the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. Prior to Sahiyo, I thought to be an activist was to be loud. Anything less ... read more..

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Crying out our mothers’ grief: How we allowed female genital mutilation to flourish in our communities

By Tamanna Taher When I began writing an article on female genital mutilation (FGM), I was adamant that my research be thorough, and my opinions be carefully articulated. However, I did not realise th... read more..

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Sahiyo
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मैं किसके साथ सोती हूँ यह फैसला मेरा दिमाग करता है, मेरा ‘क्लिटोरिस’ नहीं

(This post was originally published in English on March 22, 2017. You can read the English version here.) लेखक: सबाहत जहाँ उम्र: 24देश: भारत मैं एक कैफे में बैठकर सोच रही हूँ, क्या मैं अपनी बेटी के सा read more..

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A Reflection on Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After Female Genital Cutting

By Cate Cox On Thursday, October 22nd, Sahiyo partnered with three award-winning and multi-talented speakers Farzana Doctor, Sarian Karim-Kamara, and Joanna Vergoth to host Moving Towards Sexual Pleas... read more..

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Sahiyo
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Get involved with the next cohort of the Voices to End FGM/C project!

Since 2015, Sahiyo has provided various storytelling platforms for women and community members from all over the world to share their experiences of female genital cutting (FGC), in hopes of preventin... read more..

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Fiction, Truth, and Female Genital Cutting: A reflection of the fireside chat with Farzana Doctor

On October 4th, Sahiyo partnered with acclaimed Canadian author and WeSpeakOut cofounder Farzana Doctor to host Fiction, Truth, and Female Genital Cutting: A Fireside Chat. During this intimate conver... read more..

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Is legal action against female genital cutting enough to end the practice?

Understanding the impact of a Sahiyo co-founder’s documentary film, A Pinch of Skin, in India by Priya Goswami In September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court referred a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) o... read more..

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Orchid Project releases report detailing the pandemic's impact on female genital cutting

By Hunter Kessous Reports of an increasing rate of female genital cutting (FGC) began early in the pandemic. We are now nine months into the lockdowns and school closures, which have propagated the cu... read more..

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Sahiyo
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Sahiyo and StoryCenter host virtual storytelling event on the intersection of race and female genital cutting: A reflection

By Isabel I began interning with Sahiyo in June. A recent graduate into the fields of cultural anthropology and human rights, I was eager to learn how Sahiyo used participatory media and community-bas... read more..

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Sahiyo
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Dear Maasi: Why you may want to speak to a trauma-informed therapist after khatna

Dear Maasi is a column about everything you wanted to know about sex and relationships but were afraid to ask! It’s a partnership between Sahiyo and WeSpeakOut, and is for all of us who have ques... read more..

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How female genital cutting is portrayed in television series

By Hunter Kessous Female genital cutting (FGC) is an international human rights violation and a form of gender-based violence. As the public becomes increasingly aware of this harmful practice, surviv... read more..

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Annual Reports

Annual Report: Sahiyo U.S: June 2019-June 2020 Throughout this past year, our programs have expanded to support larger numbers of women impacted by female genital cutting. Our Voices to End FGM/C proj... read more..

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From Saving Safa to Seven: How authors use writing to shed light on FGC

By Cate Cox “Without our work, the issue would quickly be swept under the carpet — and so we carry on.” —Waris Dirie, Saving Safa  It wasn’t until my first year at university before I was asked t... read more..

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Conversations with my mom about khatna and betrayal

By Zahara Kagalwalla I am a chatty person. I call up my best friend and prattle to him even about the most mundane development in my life like the latest teatime snack I gobbled (muesli, definitely a ... read more..

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Sahiyo Volunteer Spotlight: Programs Intern Cate Cox

Cate is passionate about women’s rights and human rights and hopes to enter into those fields once she graduates from Simmons University, where she is studying International Relations, Economics, and ... read more..

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Research study explores female genital cutting

“Talking about Female Genital Cutting (FGC): A Study” is a research study undertaken to explore the way communities talk about FGC, the challenges of having such conversations, and the attitudes towar... read more..

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My meaningful experience as an intern at Sahiyo

By Nicole Mitchell In early 2019, I had the pleasure of joining the Sahiyo team as a Social Media Intern. I remember being a bit nervous, as working fully remote at a new company was something I had n... read more..

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