Sahiyo U.S. would like to thank our friends at Resist for a core support grant award of $4,000 per year for three years. Resist supports organizations that organize within communities for structural, social, and economic change. They also provide alternative systems to the ones we’re currently fighting, and help to build resilience in communities.
These funds will help Sahiyo to expand our Community Outreach and Education program, which trains health care providers, government officials, law enforcement, social services, and other community based organizations on ways to support female genital cutting (FGC) survivors; plan for our next annual Activists Retreat, where we train advocates to continue their work in raising awareness against FGC; provide organizing power to FGC survivors in states that don’t yet have policy against FGC; and conduct valuable research investigating the needs of FGC survivors and the intersections of FGC and other oppressions, such as discrimination based on race, gender, religion, sexuality, and diverse migrant experiences.