Sahiyo in the Media
2024 Opinion: CT needs to ban female genital mutilation/cutting When Protecting Girls Is Twisted Into Attacking Trans Youth: FGM/C Survivors Fight Back Against Transphobic Right-Wing Narratives FGM in India: A Memoir of a Movement ‘Why didn’t my mother prevent it?’: healing the generational trauma of FGM Implementing Survivor-Led FGM Law In Washington State Activists See India as New Front 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 in the interests of women Connecticut is 1 of 9 states without a ban on female genital mutilation. Thousands are at risk, activists say Cambridge woman honored for her work against the practice of female genital cutting L’Oréal Paris Inducts Ten Extraordinary Changemakers into Its Signature Philanthropic Initiative, Women of Worth Sahiyo Stories/Voices to End FGM/C Washington State introduces new law to protect women and girls from female genital mutilation or cutting Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India: Mariya Taher 2022 What Can States Do to Address Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the U.S? 2021 This Kenyan Activist said No to ‘the Cut’ Training journalists in gender-sensitive reporting: Sahiyo. Sahiyo – a flame burning bright amid adversity Houston woman faces historic indictment over female genital cutting ‘So done with patriarchal control’ The right to be whole 2020 International day of zero tolerance against FGM: 27 short films break silence around khatna through personal storytelling These 27 short videos highlight the horrors of female genital mutilation Female genital mutilation is a chronic global problem. It demands a global response. 2019 Filmmaker Insia Tells Us How She Saved 4 Girls From Female Genital Cutting In 2019, Let’s Do Our Bit By Donating To These 7 Feminists NGOs “Don’t Mention It” Episode 2: Breaking The Silence: A Conversation with Mariya Taher Activists push for end to female genital mutilation FGC survivors share their stories to bring about change Female Genital Cutting: A Thousand Cuts That Start With One We must accelerate an end to FGM/C What I Learned from the Screening of Sahiyo Stories: Being Vulnerable and Learning How to Move On 2018 Global Citizen: The Truth About the Secretive Practise of FGM in Canada Survivor Herself, Mariya Taher Shares With Us Her Work To End Female Genital Cutting Is it a case of women against women in the movement to ban FGM? A Different Conversation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Sahiyo Stories: Shattering the Silence on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting 2017 The Bohra Women Fighting to End Female Genital Mutilation in India Mumbai Women’s group rallies support to end female genital mutilation by 2030 The Tipping Point: Can the World End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Through Her Lens, Filmmaker Priya Goswami Pictures The Story of Khatna In Bohris In Conversation With Film-Maker Priya Goswami – A Pinch of Skin In parts of Asia and Middle East, female genital mutilation a hidden ritual Breaking Isolation – Alerting the World About FGC Through Storytelling Female Genital Mutilation still a ‘global concern’ 65% ignorant of what has been cut: Khatna Survey Here’s What You Need To Know About The Global Fight To End Female Genital Mutilation Bohra doctor in Detroit arrested for alleged female genital mutilation of two seven-year-olds FGM among issues under focus at women’s conference Everything you need to know about ‘We The Women’ festival Muslim Women and the Challenge of Religion in Contemporary Mumbai We the Women: Horror on Female Genital Cutting Bohra women want an end to the practice of “female genital cutting”: Sahiyo report Sahiyo is India’s first collective against type of FGM called Khatna in the Dawoodi Bohra comunity. 2016 Fighting Female Genital Mutilation among India’s Bohra Sahiyo posted on Orchid Project website Wadi and Aware organize first ever conference on Female Genital Mutilation/Conference in Singapore Journalist opens up about ‘khatna’ among Bohras, campaigns against it Break the silence, stop female genital mutilation Bohra women speak out against Female genital mutilation, launch petition Lifting the veil of silence: Speaking out against Female Genital Mutilation Shocking! 80% of Bohra women have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation: Survey Dawoodi Bohra women are seeking to end the practice of female genital mutilation Building a movement around Khatna Women in Maharashtra unite in fight against female genital mutilation The Changemakers: Women from across India show others what it takes to say no to injustice. Sahiyo’s Mariya Taher: Empowering Muslim Women through Storytelling panel World’s Dark Secret – Radio Interview Khatna: FGM in the global Dawoodi Bohra community Sahiyo: Empowering Dawoodi Bohra Communities & Putting An End to Female Genital Cutting Clarify on circumcision, Bohras appeal to Syedna Legal notice a big worry for Bohras standing up to ‘khatna’ Rebecca Coombes: Beware the medicalisation of female genital cutting A rebellion inside a small Indian sect seeks to end a brutal custom: female genital mutilation Underground: American Who Underwent Female Genital Mutilation Comes Forward to Help Others End Female Circumcision: Dawoodi Bohra women Say Na to Khatna Strength in Unity Only 1 in 10 who underwent FGM want it done on daughters Interview with Mariya Taher from Sahiyo: Reflections on her Experience at the TTC Not just a small nick: Priya Goswami’s second film raises an even louder voice against FGM No More Khatna: Meet the Five Women Standing against the Ritual of Female Circumcision in India Female Genital Cutting in India: Women and Men Come Together to Share Their Stories of Khatna Mariya Taher & Insia Dariwala Interview at the End Violence Against Girls: Summit on FGM/C at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Dec 2n, 2016 Voices of Resistance Against Female Genital Mutilation in India Grow Louder Showcasing Sahiyo – I Am Bohra Anti-FGM photo campaign Sahiyo: An Organization Dedicated to Ending Female Genital Cutting in Asia and Beyond
Sahiyo Awards and Distinctions
Since our founding in 2015, Sahiyo has been the recipient of numerous recognitions and honors both collectively as an organization, and individually as team members of the organization. 2023 Mariya Taher was selected as 1 of 10 L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honorees for her extraordinary nonprofit leadership and commitment to addressing female genital cutting. Mariya Taher received the Global Woman Award from the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation for her work in Policy Making and Legal accomplishments. 2021 Catherine Cox was awarded $4000 from The Passionate Leaders Project (PLP) for her internship as Programs Intern at Sahiyo and to carry out her project, titled “The Silent Pandemic: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Gender-Based Violence in the United States.” 2020 Using Sahiyo as a case study for her research, Lara Kingstone received a merit distinction from University College London grad school dissertation, entitled The Cultural Battlefield of Localized Comprehensive Sex Education: A Comparative Study From North East Africa to India. Mariya Taher was 1 of 5 inaugural grant recipients from the Crave Women Foundation In October 2020, Sunhak Peace Prize recognized a Voices to End FGM/C video as “Honorable Mention” in the 2020 Peace Motion Graphics Contest. 2019 Sahiyo and StoryCenter awarded recipient of the ViiV Healthcare #EndFGM Positive Action Challenge awards. The #ENDFGM Positive Action Challenge supports innovative interventions to bring about a sustained change in attitudes and social norms towards ending FGC. 2018 Sahiyo recognized by Population Reference Bureau as one of six inspiring organizations working on ending FGM/C Aarefa Johari and Aysha Mahmood won the Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity, 2018 for their investigation revealing the prevalence of FGC in Kerala. The Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA) honored Mariya Taher with the inaugural Human Rights Storyteller Award in recognition Mariya and Sahiyo’s innovative approach to defending human rights through storytelling. Insia Dariwala and Aarefa Johari won the ShoorVeer Awards 2018 in Mumbai. The awards, given by the organisation ample mission were instituted to honour the bravery and courage of “common men and women who have done uncommon things” Global Woman Peace Foundation awarded Sahiyo’s Maria Akhter with the Student Ambassador Award for her work on FGC. 2017 Insia Dariwala received the prestigious Women Have Wings Courage Award in 2017, for her incredible advocacy work to end Female Genital Cutting and bring attention to all forms of child abuse through the Visual Medium and Art. This award was instituted in 2012 to honour “women of courage who have taken bold risks to ensure a more just and peaceful future for us all”, and has been awarded to 31 women around the world so far. Mariya Ali was awarded the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity for her essay on her personal experience with FGC Mariya Taher was recognized by The Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation and awarded with the Survivor Activist Award. Mariya Taher was awarded the Engendering Progress award by The Manhattan Young Democrats Nari Smata Manch recognized ‘Sahiyo’ with the ‘Daughter of Maharashtra’ Award for our contributions to build a dialogue around FGC Sahiyo awarded The International Association of Women in Radio and Television grant award: to conduct a media training workshop in Mumbai