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81. 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
82. 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
83. 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
84. 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
85. 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
86. 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
87. 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
88. 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
89. 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
90. 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
91. 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
92. 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
93. 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
94. 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
95. '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
96. 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
97. 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
98. Film Screening
(Tags)
Film Screening
Created on 27 August 2024
99. Films
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Films
Created on 24 August 2021
100. Film
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Film
Created on 20 June 2021