Year: 2024

The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Zehra Patwa

By Juliet Shires Recently, policy interns at Sahiyo have been interviewing members of the Connecticut (CT) Coalition to End FGM/C to learn more about its members and all the important work they contribute toward ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). For the first three blogs, we interviewed Jo Keogh, Caitlin LeMay, and Joanne Golden. In our third blog, Sahiyo’s policy intern, Juliet Shires, spoke to Zehra Patwa, Sahiyo U.S.’s …

The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Joanne Golden

By Juliet Shires Recently, policy interns at Sahiyo have been interviewing members of the Connecticut (CT) Coalition to End FGM/C to learn more about coalition members’ important work toward policy creation on female genital cutting (FGC). In the first blog of the series, Sahiyo’s policy intern, Juliet Shires, interviewed the Executive Director of the U.S End FGM/C Network and CT Coalition member Caitlin LeMay. For this second blog, she …

The Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C Interview Series: Jo Keogh

By Juliet Shires Recently, policy interns at Sahiyo have been interviewing members of the Connecticut (CT) Coalition to End FGM/C to learn more about each individual and to better understand all the important work they contribute towards ending FGM/C. The information below comes from an interview between Sahiyo’s former policy intern, Azalieh Erawoc, and CT Coalition member, Jo Keogh. Jo Keogh, a member of …

PRESS RELEASE: Connecticut Lawmakers have the Opportunity to Protect Children from Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Will They Take It?

Logo of CT Coalition to End FGM/C

Hartford, Connecticut, 03/19/2024—The recent news that a bill to protect children from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the state of Connecticut (CT) has not been raised in the 2024 legislative session comes as a surprise to many survivors of FGM/C and advocates who have been campaigning for the CT bill to be introduced. The bill that would have been sponsored …