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MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Awards Generous Gift to Sakhi for South Asian Women

PRESS RELEASE // PRESS STATEMENT [New York, NY], March 25, 2024 – Sakhi for South Asian Women, a prominent nonprofit Read more…

Statement On The Deaths Of Misbah Batool & Iazia Zanoor

Sakhi is deeply saddened and disturbed by the horrific losses of Misbah Batool and her 2-year-old daughter, Iazia Zanoor, who Read more…

A Conversation on the Intersectional Barriers & Challenges Faced by Sex Workers in NYC

Sex work, as a form of labor, has long been stigmatized. Even in New York City, where progressivism is highly Read more…

The Ban on Mifepristone Affects All of Us

Last night a Texas ruling triggered the nationwide halt of mifepristone, striking down a science-backed, 23-year FDA approval of the abortion Read more…

On Monterey Park & Half Moon Bay

  As we continue to learn more details surrounding the violence that occurred over the past few days in Monterey Read more…

Freedom is a Practice

Today marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Last May, when we first learned of Read more…

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Our Year in Review 2022: Investing in Community Engagement

An interview with Sakhi’s Community Engagement Advocate, Linda Cheriyan. How do you envision your role in Sakhi’s Community Engagement Program, Read more…

Our Year In Review 2022: Centering Sakhi’s Helpline Volunteers

“I grew up seeing domestic violence in my community and am a survivor myself. Sakhi changed my life, and I wanted to bring the work to my Indo-Caribbean community so that more women like me could be transformed.”

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Sakhi Awarded Groundbreaking $3 Million Grant from The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation to Launch the South Asian Safe Families Initiative

Originally published via Cision PR Newswire. Marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month, country’s second oldest South Asian gender-justice organization plans to Read more…

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Celebrating Survivor Stories: Jeena Gurung

    Sakhi congratulates and celebrates Jeena Gurung on her recent academic success of completing her medical assistant program at Read more…

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