December 22, 20162016 Annual ReportFrom Ayaan’s vision of a future where women and girls are free to live lives of their own […]
December 14, 2016Moving accounts from a forced marriage survivor Rubie Marie and fierce FGM critic and survivor Khadija Gbla; Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks with former CNN Chief Whitehouse Correspondent, and more…Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, “There is a cost when you put your face to something,” shared Khadija Gbla, a […]
December 13, 2016Khadija Gbla, Survivor of Female Genital Mutilation, Turned Her Anger with Injustice Into Action to Protect Girls at Risk of FGMSince she was only 13 years old, FGM survivor Khadija Gbla has been an outspoken advocate working to […]
December 11, 2016At InHer Circle Discussion, Ayaan Hirsi Ali Shares the Choice That Fuels the Mission of Her Life’s WorkRecently, AHA Foundation founder, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, sat down for a discussion with former CNN Chief White House […]
December 11, 2016Rubie Marie, Ms. Galaxy International Queen and Survivor of Forced Marriage from the UK, Advocates to EmpowerPublished 12/11/2016 Born in the UK, Rubie Marie is a brave survivor of a forced marriage at the […]
December 6, 2016Impoverished families flout Guatemala’s child marriage banA year after Guatemala passed a law banning child marriage, poor families who regard girls as a financial […]
December 6, 2016Kyrgyzstan Ups Fight Against Child Marriage“[E]veryone knows mullahs marry [people] at an early age,” the head of a community elders court told me […]
December 6, 2016Early marriage and education, the chicken or the egg?Ramallah, November 19, 2016—“I wish I could do it now,” said 24-year-old West Bank resident Basma, of the […]
December 6, 2016‘Sold like cows and goats’: India’s slave bridesThe first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in […]
December 6, 2016Turkey withdraws bill after protests over child-sexual assault clauseTurkey’s government has withdrawn a controversial bill that would have granted amnesty to some men convicted of child […]
December 6, 2016Desmond Tutu: Child marriage harms our human familyMillions of girls are married as children. This fact harms our human family and reminds us how deeply […]
December 6, 2016Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016 gets final nod – BangladeshThe new legislation includes a provision allowing child marriage in ‘special cases’, such as if a girl becomes pregnant accidentally […]
December 6, 2016It’s time to break the silence on child marriage in IndonesiaChild marriage is a national crisis in Indonesia that continues to receive little attention both domestically and globally, […]
December 6, 2016Cameroon Launches African Union Campaign To End Child MarriageToday, Cameroon became the 16th country to launch the African Union campaign to end child marriage in Africa, […]
December 5, 2016Honour killing: couple beaten, strangled to deathA teenage girl and her male cousin were killed over the pretext of karo-kari at village Rasool Bakhsh […]
November 16, 2016Ayaan Honored with Genesis AwardCJUI's President Ray Hanna presenting Ayaan Hirsi Ali with the Genesis Award. At the end of October, Ayaan […]
November 16, 2016A forced marriage survivor makes history in Michigan, an interview with honor violence advocate and author Abda Khan, Ayaan receives the Genesis Award, and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, In this month’s newsletter we bring you two important voices, one of a forced marriage […]
November 4, 2016Problem of Child Marriage in Malawi Linked to PovertyAccording to Girls Not Brides, Malawi has the highest rate of child marriages worldwide, with roughly one in […]
November 4, 2016Parliamentarians key in ending child marriagesZimbabwe joined the AU Campaign to end child marriages in mid-2015. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and […]
November 4, 2016Hidden Connections: Climate Change & Child Marriage in BangledeshIt was after floods washed away her family’s river-front land in Bangladesh’s northern Jamalpur district that Brishti Rafiq’s […]