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41. U.S. Advisory Board
(News & Blog)
... is an award-winning international filmmaker, and a TEDX Speaker, who effectively uses her creativity to spotlight difficult topics of our society in her films, and other visual communications. Through ...
Created on 16 September 2018
42. The subject was heavy, but my heart felt light: My experience at Sahiyo’s StoryCenter workshop
(News & Blog)
... invited women to break the silence around FGC by transforming each woman’s personal FGC story into a short film. These are my experiences attending Sahiyo Stories… Unlike many of the ...
Created on 14 August 2018
43. 'Call it by the Name': A researcher’s dilemma on the FGM-FGC terminology debat
(News & Blog)
... culture as is the case with the film Desert Flower. Notwithstanding the reality of the incidence shown in the movie, in most of the cases, the type I and II procedures are conducted instead of type III ...
Created on 27 June 2018
44. Storytelling with Sahiyo: Four actors narrate FGC survivor stories at a unique event
(News & Blog)
On March 16, Sahiyo partnered with Women in Film and Television International India to organise its first-ever on-ground storytelling event in Mumbai, India. The event, titled “Storytelling with Sahiyo”, ...
Created on 23 April 2018
45. Volunteer Spotlight: Alisha Bhagat
(News & Blog)
... in the lives of Dawoodi Bohra women in Mumbai. One of the topics covered is FGC. The film had been casually circulated amongst friends and family but given its relevance to Sahiyo’s work, Sahiyo asked ...
Created on 16 February 2018
46. Insia Dariwala receives Women Have Wings Courage Award
(News & Blog)
... filmmaker based in Mumbai, is not only the co-founder of Sahiyo but also the founder of the Hands of Hope Foundation, which raises awareness about child sexual abuse through visual art and education.  ...
Created on 04 December 2017
47. Sahiyo hosts its second Thaal Pe Charcha event for Bohra women
(News & Blog)
... on the much-debated practice of Khatna within the Dawoodi Bohra community. The event was kicked off with an introductory session, followed by a film screening of Priya Goswami’s ‘A Pinch of Skin’, a ...
Created on 16 August 2017
48. Why do Dawoodi Bohras practice Khatna, or Female Genital Cutting?
(News & Blog)
... a girl’s sexuality. Since then, several independent researchers, activists and filmmakers have found the same thing in their countless interactions with Bohra women: a large majority of Bohras have ...
Created on 19 May 2017
49. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor (2022-06-23)
(Events Calendar/A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor)
... Igusti (they/them) is a queer non-binary Indonesian Muslim poet, playwright, filmmaker, producer, and FGC survivor & activist born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of CUT WOMAN (Game ...
Created on 29 June 2022
50. Impactful Media Reporting on FGM/C in the United States - A Conversation (17 April 2024 15:00)
(Events / Webinar)
... - Journalist (formerly with VICE News Reem Abdellatif - Co-founder and Director of the African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) Milena Warns - Documentary filmmaker Zoom registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOqgqDoqEtAT9Yo1NyDMIdFXbJtUiq49 ...
Created on 04 April 2024
51. Reflecting on a Screening of The Beginning, a Film Directed by Sahiyo Co-founder Insia Dariwala
(News & Blog)
By Insia Dariwala On July 19th, Population First/ Laadli, along with Sahiyo India and Equality Now, hosted a screening of South Asia’s first fiction film on FGC titled, The Beginning. Produced by Equality ...
Created on 27 August 2024
52. Equality Now releases the trailer of Asia’s first fiction film on FGM/C, directed by Sahiyo co-founder, Insia Dariwala
(News & Blog)
... Beginning.” Written and directed by Sahiyo’s co-founder Insia Dariwala, it’s the Asian continent’s first ever fiction film on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C). Inspired by real survivors who ...
Created on 12 March 2024
53. 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
54. 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
55. Deen and Duniya (Religion and the World) a film by Alisha Bhagat
(News & Blog)
... – be that science or faith. The film is intended for a wide audience both inside and outside the community. For non-Bohras I wanted to show the positive things about our community and the everyday joy ...
Created on 04 February 2017
56. A Short Film on FGCThe Good Girl- Written and Directed by Insia Dariwala
(News & Blog)
... short film that peels the layers surrounding the barbaric practice of Female Genital Circumcision, when Arva comes face to face with her cutter. The woman she used to lovingly call, Faiji. Coming soon! ...
Created on 05 March 2016
57. Come See A Pinch of Skin - A film by Priya Goswami
(News & Blog)
... be screening in Mumbai on 19th Feb at 7.30 PM at Liberty Cinemas. This screening is organised by Osianama (part of the Oisan’s Film Festival) and they are holding a month long screening on the theme of ...
Created on 16 February 2016
58. Cave of Consciousness
(News & Blog)
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 Festival, Leeds, ...
Created on 23 January 2025
59. What Not to Say
(News & Blog)
By; Samman Masud In this digital short film, “What Not to Say”, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about the experiences and conversations I had with my community members around the time I gave ...
Created on 24 December 2024
60. "The Beginning" screened at a special Thaal Pe Charcha event in Mumba
(News & Blog)
... “The Beginning.” A short fiction film on FGC written and directed by Sahiyo co-founder Insia Dariwala, “The Beginning” is about the trauma and dilemma of a Bohra mother whose daughter is set to undergo ...
Created on 11 December 2024