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61. Global Collaboration to End FGM/C Conference 2024
(News & Blog)
... attendees also watched a private screening of the short film, “The Beginning”, directed by Sahiyo Co-Founder Insia Dariwala. The film captures a mother’s trauma as a survivor of FGM/C, and her mission ...
Created on 18 November 2024
62. Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Reflection on our April 17, 2024 Webinar
(News & Blog)
... filmmaker Milena Warns from Without Exception Films. The moderators were Sahiyo Co-founder and U.S. Executive Director, Mariya Taher, and Equality Now Communications Officer for North America, Mel ...
Created on 21 May 2024
63. Upcoming Event: "Impactful Media Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States: A Conversation
(News & Blog)
... and advocacy experts, including Senator Karen Kaiser, Emma Batha of Thomson Reuters Foundation News, journalist Milena Mikael Debass, and documentary filmmaker Milena Warns from Without Exception Films. ...
Created on 09 April 2024
64. A Personal Journey: Breaking the Silence on FGM
(News & Blog)
By Isatou Jallow In my film “Behind The Wall,” I've chosen to share my deeply personal experience with Type 3 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Through this storytelling, my aim is threefold. First, ...
Created on 11 January 2024
65. Upcoming Equality Now media training
(News & Blog)
... the recipient of a National Film Award for her documentary 'A Pinch of Skin,' the first documentary from India to speak about the practice of FGM/C. Through the lens of a filmmaker and a communication designer, ...
Created on 08 December 2023
66. Reflecting on There’s an App For That?: Technological Innovation and Change Towards Ending Female Genital Cutting event
(News & Blog)
... the webinar were leading innovators addressing FGC through technological solutions. The first was Priya Goswami, a Sahiyo Co-founder who has used her background in filmmaking and storytelling to create ...
Created on 30 March 2023
67. Session on FGM at the workshop Nayi Dishayein- Rethinking Development
(News & Blog)
... Skin for our participants. The film was followed by a short presentation detailing the practice of FGM/C and its categorization as a human rights violation by the World Health Organization.  I find the ...
Created on 06 February 2023
68. Self-Love & Body Image  
(News & Blog)
... the expectations we see for body image today. The beauty standards we observe in films and media that are closely tied with ethnicity, race, body shape, and other features influence viewers to believe ...
Created on 17 January 2023
69. Reflecting on A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
... Advisory Board chair, internal medicine physician, and chief medical editor of EverydayHealth.com Dr. Arefa Cassoobhoy. Panelists included poet, playwright, filmmaker, and producer Dena Igusti (they/them), ...
Created on 01 August 2022
70. Including non-cis-women as FGM/C survivors
(News & Blog)
... 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 Over Books, 2020) ...
Created on 31 May 2022
71. A Quiet Violence: Navigating Female Genital Cutting as an LGBTQ+ Survivor
(News & Blog)
...    Dena 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 ...
Created on 25 May 2022
72. Sahiyo India holds guest lecture for students in Mumbai
(News & Blog)
... two short films from Sahiyo and StoryCentre's Voices to End FGM/C series: Why by Fakhera, and A Chorus of Voices by Aarefa. The lecture then helped students understand what FGC is, why it is practiced, ...
Created on 09 March 2022
73. Struggle, belonging, and community: Sahiyo and StoryCenter hosted a Voices to End FGM/C screening
(News & Blog)
By Sandra Yu On August 19th, 2021, Sahiyo and StoryCenter co-hosted a film screening and panel discussion to highlight voices from the Voices to End FGM/C Digital Storytelling workshop. The event ...
Created on 17 September 2021
74. Voices reflection: Sharing my narrative
(News & Blog)
... was healing. The film editing is over, the written drafts are ready to be published, but the cathartic part of this workshop will live on in me. Coming together with this community has allowed me to come ...
Created on 08 September 2021
75. Voices reflection: Building our stories for the world
(News & Blog)
... enough and feels incomplete. I hope that this film inspires you to learn more about FGM/C and find ways to support this work. I hope it inspires you to support us as we navigate and stand up to the day-to-day ...
Created on 01 September 2021
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. 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