BREAKING THE SILENCE - PROTECTING LIBERTY - CELEBRATING DIGNITY
BREAKING THE SILENCE - PROTECTING LIBERTY - CELEBRATING DIGNITY
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Support AHA Foundation Spring Fund DriveHelp protect childrenin the U.S. fromfemale genital mutilation,child marriage,and honor violence -
Read about S. 742 legislationCONTACT YOUR LAWMAKERS AND URGE THEM TO SUPPORT S.742 “A BILL TO PROTECT CHILDREN THROUGH ELIMINATING VISA LOOPHOLES”Thousands of child marriages take place each year in the U.S due to loopholes in visa immigration law. If passed, new federal legislation will end the use of fiancé(e) visa petitions for child marriages.Find your representative Find your Senator -
Massachusetts has one of the largest populations of girls at risk of FGM in the United States that are not protected by a specific state anti-FGM law.Ask your representative to co-sponsor An Act to Protect Girls from Genital Mutilation. READ MORE FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE LETTER -
READ MOREU.S. government approved immigration petitions for 8,686 spouses and fiancé(e) in marriages involving minors from 2007 to 2017.AHA Foundation was first to expose immigration loopholes that enable child marriage in the U.S.PRESS RELEASE -
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Founder of AHA Foundation, on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover discusses what the #metoo movement means for the most vulnerable members of the societyWATCH THE INTERVIEW -
Gladis and Esther, survivors ofFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM),speak outWatch their storiesI just believe by now,civilization should havestopped such an act.Gladis
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Support AHA Foundation Spring Fund DriveHelp protect childrenin the U.S. fromfemale genital mutilation,child marriage,and honor violence -
Read about S. 742 legislationCONTACT YOUR LAWMAKERS AND URGE THEM TO SUPPORT S.742 “A BILL TO PROTECT CHILDREN THROUGH ELIMINATING VISA LOOPHOLES”Thousands of child marriages take place each year in the U.S due to loopholes in visa immigration law. If passed, new federal legislation will end the use of fiancé(e) visa petitions for child marriages.Find your representative Find your Senator
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Massachusetts has one of the largest populations of girls at risk of FGM in the United States that are not protected by a specific state anti-FGM law.Ask your representative to co-sponsorAn Act to Protect Girls from Genital Mutilation. READ MORE FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE LETTER
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READ MOREU.S. government approved immigration petitions for 8,686 spouses and fiancé(e) in marriages involving minors from 2007 to 2017.AHA Foundation was first to expose immigration loopholes that enable child marriage in the U.S.PRESS RELEASE
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Founder of AHA Foundation,on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover discusses what the #metoo movement means for the most vulnerable members of the societyWATCH THE INTERVIEW
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Gladis and Esther, survivors ofFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM),speak outWatch their storiesI just believe by now, civilization should have stopped such an act.Gladis
The AHA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes in liberty for all. That means liberty from female genital mutilation, honor violence and forced marriages. And it means liberty to challenge the ideology of Islamism - extremism that threatens Western civilization - with rational, Enlightenment thought.
Established by Ayaan Hirsi Ali to put the ideas she writes about into practice, the AHA Foundation works to protect women from honor violence, forced marriage and genital mutilation. Our programs advocate for freedom of speech on campuses and in public debate, and amplify the voices of Muslim reformers.
MEET OUR FOUNDERWhy Support the AHA Foundation
The work of the AHA Foundation is more relevant and critical than ever. Global events point to horrifying accounts of culturally-motivated abuse and murder of women and girls around the world. In the U.S., the number of women and girls suffering from honor violence, coercion and oppression is rising at an alarming rate. The underlying cause is the conflict between our cherished Western liberal values and socioreligious norms that do not respect human rights.
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“I don’t see how anyone who believes in the rule of law and the rights of women could do anything other than support efforts to end female genital mutilation, forced marriage and honor killings - practices that have no place in the 21st century.”
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google
Why Support the AHA Foundation
The work of the AHA Foundation is more relevant and critical than ever. Global events point to horrifying accounts of culturally-motivated abuse and murder of women and girls around the world. In the U.S., the number of women and girls suffering from honor violence, coercion and oppression is rising at an alarming rate. The underlying cause is the conflict between our cherished Western liberal values and socioreligious norms that do not respect human rights.
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“I don’t see how anyone who believes in the rule of law and the rights of women could do anything other than support efforts to end female genital mutilation, forced marriage and honor killings - practices that have no place in the 21st century.”
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and AHA Foundation in the News
Impact
THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT, THE FIGHT GOES ON
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First U.S. helpline to address honor violence
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National conferences on honor violence
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Federal bills on FGM and honor violence
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Critical Thinking Units active on campuses
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State bills on FGM and domestic violence
278
Women and girls directly served
2700
Frontline service providers trained
300000
