July 31, 2017One pending Michigan court case could prove to be an explosive test of religious liberty in the US – Business InsiderThis fall, a United States district judge will hear a landmark case: For the first time, the federal […]
July 27, 2017FGM Happens In Britain, It’s Time We All Took Notice – VogueFGM – Female Genital Mutilation – is often thought of a practice that happens solely overseas and not […]
July 27, 2017London’s airports on high alert for FGM victims – FIGOPolice are worried that London’s airports will be used to transport young girls to another country to undergo […]
July 27, 2017Despite Progress, Child Marriage Is Still Legal in All 50 States – The New York TimesState legislators in the U.S. can no longer plead ignorance about child marriage in America. Not now that […]
July 25, 2017When a Pin Prick Is Not Benign – Epoch TimesIn April 2017, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, a member of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, was arrested for allegedly […]
July 25, 2017Schoolgirls to fly to Google HQ after inventing app to end Female Genital Mutilation – IndependentAnimated chatter spills out from a corner of tech giant Google’s Nairobi offices as five Kenyan schoolgirls discuss […]
July 25, 2017My Responses to Readers of The New York Times, Michigan Passes Strongest Anti-FGM Law in the US, Two Interviews with Medical Professionals Working to Stop FGM, AHA Recommends Books for Summer Reading and more…Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, The summer months are often a time for rest, but we have been busy at […]
July 24, 2017U.S. Rep. Dave Trott endorses stricter penalties for female genital mutilation – MLiveShortly after Michigan lawmakers voted to make female genital mutilation a state crime, U.S. Rep. Dave Trott, R-Birmingham, is […]
July 24, 2017Child Marriage in New York Now Officially a Thing of the Past – New York UPA law passed during the New York legislative session that ended the practice of child marriage went into […]
July 24, 2017Canada must get tougher about preventing FGM – The StarRe: Ottawa hedges on committing to track ‘abhorrent’ FGM, July 18 Ottawa hedges on committing to track ‘abhorrent’ […]
July 24, 2017Former Child Bride Is Pedaling Her Way To A Brighter Future – NPRAt 14, Jenipher Sanni married a man who already had a wife and kids. He yelled at her […]
July 21, 2017Conservatives are increasingly hostile to higher ed. Who can blame them? – USA TodayThe Pew Research Center has a new survey confirming that, as you’d expect, Republicans have little love for institutions such as media […]
July 21, 2017How the media covers “honor killings” reveals a double standard against women of different religions – MicOn Sunday, Israeli authorities arrested an Arab Christian father in Ramle — a central city in Israel — for allegedly […]
July 20, 2017VIDEO: KELLY CARLSON ON MAINE FGM LEGISLATION – End FGM TodayMaine actress Kelly Carlson discusses why the Maine legislature must pass its anti-FGM legislation immediately. Watch the video […]
July 20, 2017Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Most Recent Op-edsAyaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Q. Nomani: They Brushed off Kamala Harris. Then She Brushed Us Off. – […]
July 19, 2017American Psychotherapist Devotes Her Career to Helping Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Heal From TraumaOriginally published on 7/19/2017 American Psychotherapist Devotes Her Career to Helping Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Heal […]
July 19, 2017Attorney: Michigan genital mutilation case stretches to other states – USA TodayThe genital mutilation investigation that has snared several people in Michigan has also stretched to other states. Federal agents […]
July 19, 2017While His State Makes the News Due to Cases of Genital Mutilation, This Michigan Physician Argues for Cutting Off the Roots of the PracticeDr. Mohammed Arsiwala is a board certified internist who practices urgent care medicine in Southeast Michigan. He is […]
July 19, 2017Books that Have Inspired Us: AHA’s Summer Reading RecommendationsA good book can take you into another person’s world. At the AHA Foundation we encourage supporters to […]
July 18, 2017Maine Senate to vote on female genital mutilation bill – WGMEA bill that would specifically make female genital mutilation a crime in Maine is heading to a likely […]