June 27, 2018Two podcast appearances, Survivor of FGM fights for human rights for everyone, AHA Foundation campus program fellows promote free thinking on U.S. campuses, and more.Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, This month we are celebrating a victory in New Jersey! We provided written testimony for committee […]
June 26, 2018Sudan commutes death sentence for teen who killed rapist husband – CNNA Sudanese court has commuted the death sentence for teenager Noura Hussein, who killed her husband after he […]
June 26, 2018Noura in her own words: Teen who killed rapist husband shares her story – CNNSudanese teenager Noura Hussein, who is on death row for killing her 35-year-old husband, in a case that […]
June 25, 2018New Jersey law gives momentum to U.S. efforts to ban child marriage – ReutersNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New Jersey gave child advocates a boost on Friday as it became […]
June 25, 2018AHA Foundation Campus Program Fellows Promote Free Thinking on U.S. Campuses – One Event At A TimeMadeleine Hubbard is a rising junior at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign studying Journalism and Political Science. In […]
June 22, 2018Can Heterodoxy Save the Academy? – Quillette“When we decided to do a conference, we weren’t sure if we would get 25 people in the […]
June 21, 2018The Horrors of Honor Violence in the West – the AlgemeinerThe photo above is a stock photo and not the girl in the story. She was a 15-year-old […]
June 21, 2018Texas must eliminate this troubling loophole in its child marriage law – Dallas NewsDr. Trevicia Williams is a Texas child bride survivor. Her mom picked her up from ninth grade and […]
June 19, 2018Critical Thinking Fellowship Fellow Wins FIRE AwardWe are proud to announce that Critical Thinking Fellowship (CTF) fellow Natalie Bao Tram Le, of Harvard University, […]
June 19, 2018Grave consequences – EurekAlert!FGM has been officially recognised as a human rights violation by the United Nations since 1992. Still, efforts […]
June 18, 2018Survivor of FGM, Assita Kanko, Fights for Human Rights for EveryoneBlog is based on past interviews and conversations with Assita Kanko. “Loneliness, the smell of the place where […]
June 13, 2018Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 3: The Body and the Brain – SahiyoThis article is Part 3 of a seven-part series on trauma related to Female Genital Cutting. Joanna is a […]
June 12, 2018Mother convicted in landmark British case over forced marriage – USA TodayThe image above is a stock photo, not a photo of the girl in the story. LONDON — […]
June 8, 2018New Jersey Assembly Passes Bill Banning Child Marriages – The ObserverThe state Assembly gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that would make New Jersey the second […]
June 8, 2018The Human Rights Violation Of Women That Rarely Gets Discussed – The Hoover InstitutionOn April 11, 2018, the Hoover Institution hosted a panel on female genital mutilation featuring Mary Wambui, the […]
June 7, 2018An American 13-Year-Old, Pregnant and Married to Her Rapist – The New York TimesThe image above is a stock photo, not a photo of the girl in the story. Dawn Tyree […]
June 5, 2018Ep. 5: The Ayaan Hirsi Ali You DON’T Know – the Femsplainers PodcastListen to Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak about her life story, political correctness and female genital mutilation (FGM) with Christina […]
June 1, 2018More Than Half the World’s Children Are at Risk of Poverty, Conflict, and Gender Bias, Report Says – Time MagazineJune 1st is International Children’s Day and we are choosing to celebrate by remembering by 2030 it is […]
May 30, 2018The anti-woman violence feminists are afraid to confront, Who is failing girls on FGM in the U.S., Why ‘ritual nicks’ are a smoke screen for genital mutilation and moreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, In my op-ed The anti-woman violence feminists are afraid to confront, published in the New York Post last […]
May 29, 2018New Jersey Assembly Shelves Vote on Banning Child Marriages – The ObserverThe Assembly shelved a vote Thursday on a bill that would make New Jersey the second state in […]