Monthly Archive

January 2025

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 11 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administration
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Sahiyo's response to recent Executive Orders by the Trump Administration

To our Sahiyo community, We realize that the past few weeks have been stressful to say the least. With the new administration’s slew of Executive Orders targeting the most vulnerable and the dismantle... read more..
Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care
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Sahiyo condemns recent executive order conflating female genital mutilation/cutting with gender-affirming care

At Sahiyo, we are disheartened and frustrated by the harmful conflation between female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and gender-affirming care made in a recent Executive Order issued by the Trump... read more..
Calling CT Residents to Action - Ban FGM/C in Connecticut
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Calling CT Residents to Action - Ban FGM/C in Connecticut

Connecticut legislatures have recently introduced House Bill 6596 to protect girls and women from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Connecticut is one of only nine states without legislation ... read more..
Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)
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Press Conference Announced In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC)

Hartford, CT – In Honor of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGMC), State Representative Jillian Gilchrest and State Representative Nicole Klarides-Ditria alon... read more..
Cave of Consciousness
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Cave of Consciousness

Recently Sahiyo’s Editorial Assistant Megan Seaver sat down with 2022 Voices to End FGM/C Alum Ibtisam  to discuss the screening of her Voices digital story at the 2024 Trauma-Informed Film Festi... read more..
Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine
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Learning the complicated history of passing FGM/C legislation in Maine

By Sophia Lynn Jones As a Maine resident, I was surprised to learn that my state is one of nine left in the U.S. without any laws protecting children from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Up... read more..
Empowered and Ignited
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Empowered and Ignited

By: Emily Lerosion Each year Sahiyo hosts an annual Activists Retreat to gather anti-FGC activists in a safe and supportive space, where they can engage in meaningful discussions about FGC. These... read more..
Legislative Briefing on FGM/C in the State of Connecticut: A Collaboration between the Connecticut Coalition
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Legislative Briefing on FGM/C in the State of Connecticut: A Collaboration between the Connecticut Coalition

On January 13th, the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C hosted a legislative briefing at the Legislative Building in Hartford, CT. The briefing was held in partnership with Sahiyo, Equality Now, and t... read more..
Intern Spotlight: Fundraising & Auction Intern Lisa Zhu
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Intern Spotlight: Fundraising & Auction Intern Lisa Zhu

Lisa is currently a high school student at Colleyville Heritage High School in Dallas, Texas. At school, she participates in DECA business competitions, fundraises for the Asian Food and Culture Club,... read more..
Critical Intersections Research Shifts Towards Implementation of Findings in Technical Assistance Trainings
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Critical Intersections Research Shifts Towards Implementation of Findings in Technical Assistance Trainings

By: Rachel Wine This month, Sahiyo led two trainings to expand the impact of the findings of our Critical Intersections Research Project within the greater gender-based violence (GBV) sphere. While FG... read more..
Kicking off our Massachusetts Community Health & Healthy Aging Project to build a state-wide coalition addressing FGM/C
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Kicking off our Massachusetts Community Health & Healthy Aging Project to build a state-wide coalition addressing FGM/C

Last month, we hosted our first meeting for the Massachusetts Community Healthy and Healthy Aging project. The meeting, which took place at Birdhouse in Amesbury Massachusetts, marked the beginning of... read more..
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