[2] Sakhi has consistently recognizes the intersectional nature of gender-based violence, immigration status, and south asian women.

[6] The organization was founded in 1989 by Anannya Bhattacharjee, Mallika Dutt, Tula Goenka, Geetanjali Misra and Romita Shetty.

[7] The name "Sakhi" was picked as a way to symbolically connect south asian women because it means "woman friend" in Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali.

[3] They had also started to produce their own video that portrays the specific struggles faced by immigrant South Asian Woman titled ''A Life Without Fear,'' which was published in 1994 and on display at the American Museum of Natural History in 1999.

[14][15] In 2021, Sakhi hosted a conversation between domestic violence survivor Tanya Selvaratnam and In Her Words, a newsletter written by Journalist Alisha Haridasani Gupta.

[16] On August 1, 2022, Sakhi was awarded $20,000 from the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence with support from the Allstate Foundation’s “Moving Ahead” program.