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21. Voices reflection: Building our stories for the world
(News & Blog)
... collective voices stronger and louder.   I offer you my story with both humility and hope. There is a lot I share in four minutes, and yet it is not enough and feels incomplete. I hope that this film ...
Created on 01 September 2021
22. UnChained At Last: The United States’ Child Marriage Problem webinar reflection
(News & Blog)
... violence and destroys families.   At the beginning of this webinar, UnChained At Last shared their heart-wrenching video: The Girls You Have Destroyed, filmed by survivors of child marriage. By highlighting ...
Created on 29 July 2021
23. Webinar: Female genital cutting is an under-recognized form of gender-based violence in the U.S.
(News & Blog)
... we also utilized the Voices to End FGM/C films throughout the presentation to help contextualize what the audience was learning and help them understand the stories behind the statistics. These films center ...
Created on 30 April 2021
24. Everyone’s Responsibility: Discussing the Role Male Allies Play In Preventing Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... new male ally program that seeks to encourage men to become involved in conversations about FGC. After a short introduction to our panelist’s work, and a screening of Amiji’s Voices to End FGM/C Film Listen, ...
Created on 25 March 2021
25. Sahiyo in the Media
(News & Blog)
... in Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation  2023 Milken researchers receive grant for female genital mutilation prevention  The film "The Beginning" laid the foundations of a new beginning ...
Created on 02 March 2021
26. In the Name of Your Daughter: A film for change
(News & Blog)
By Sandra Yu Healthy Tomorrow hosted a film screening and panel discussion of In the Name of Your Daughter, filmed and directed by Giselle Portenier and released in 2018. The featured speakers of the ...
Created on 28 February 2021
27. Your questions answered: Moving Towards Sexual Pleasure and Emotional Healing After Female Genital Cutting
(News & Blog)
... on women’s health and well-being can provide an opening for discussion. In addition, showing a film about FGM/C, such as “Desert Flower,” or “The Cruel Cut,” can also open hearts and minds.  Is part ...
Created on 01 February 2021
28. Thaal Pe Charcha: February 2020
(News & Blog)
... by Mary McGuckain.  The film is a true story based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, a Somalian whose suffering acted as catalyst for one of the world’s biggest and most successful movements to end gender-based ...
Created on 21 December 2020
29. Sahiyo Resources
(Resources)
... (With English Subtitles) Deen and Duniya (Religion and the World) a 2004 film by Alisha Bhagat highlights the role of women in the Bohra community. A Small Nick or ...
Created on 04 December 2020
30. Community Outreach
(Programs)
... discussions on gender-based violence. Reflecting on the use of digital platforms, magazines, theater work, film, and art, learn how storytelling can be a powerful tool for social change and amplify the ...
Created on 03 December 2020
31. Sahiyo participated in key virtual events with global organizations in October
(News & Blog)
... The event included a panel discussion on FGM/C, taking Ifrah’s case as seen in the film, and its current state in the U.S. where 11 states still don’t have laws against it.  Democracy, Populism, Coronavirus ...
Created on 18 November 2020
32. Is legal action against female genital cutting enough to end the practice?
(News & Blog)
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) ...
Created on 20 October 2020
33. The movement to end FGM/C: Looking back at the 2010s and looking forward in 2020
(News & Blog)
... their experiences of FGC.  The media reports on FGC at the time also inspired Sahiyo co-founder Priya Goswami to make A Pinch of Skin, the first documentary film on FGC among Dawoodi Bohras in India. ...
Created on 11 January 2020
34. Intern Spotlight: Sahiyo Social Media Intern Kavya Palavalasa
(News & Blog)
Kavya Palavalasa joined Sahiyo’s team as a social media intern in July of 2019. Kavya has interests in film, art, research and gender relations in law, labour and academia. She is currently pursuing an ...
Created on 14 December 2019
35. Support Sahiyo’s Work this Giving Tuesday
(News & Blog)
... their films created at the workshops  Help pay for participant’s travel to and from the workshop  Promote the new digital stories on Sahiyo’s social media platforms  Find out ...
Created on 23 November 2019
36. Op-Ed: A Global Platform to End FGM/C
(News & Blog)
... urinating and menstruating, maternal and child mortality, lack of sexual fulfilment, and sometimes, most tragically, the loss of a girl’s life afterwards. This violation of a girl’s fundamental human ...
Created on 11 November 2019
37. Cofounders
(Uncategorised)
... Programme, conducted by the United States Department of State. To contact Aarefa, email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Priya Goswami (b.1988, India) is a national award-winning documentary filmmaker, co-creator, ...
Created on 02 July 2019
38. Locating female genital cutting through films and documentaries
(News & Blog)
By Debangana Chatterjee Though films and documentaries related to female genital cutting (FGC) promise to uphold the realities surrounding the subject, there are undeniable strings of subjective interpretations ...
Created on 19 February 2019
39. Inaugural screening of Sahiyo Stories in California
(News & Blog)
... a behind the scenes short film documenting the women’s experiences in creating their digital stories. Sahiyo Stories involved bringing together nine women from across the United States to create personalized ...
Created on 26 November 2018
40. Sahiyo Stories to host first screening in Oakland, California
(News & Blog)
... the scenes short film documenting the women’s experiences in creating their digital stories, followed by a panel discussion on FGC.  To RSVP for the event, visit http://bit.ly/SahiyoStoriesOct As a ...
Created on 16 October 2018