November 4, 2016Syrian girls are being pushed into child marriage in Lebanese refugee campsRates of child marriage have increased dramatically as a result of mass migration worldwide. Humanitarian crises greatly exacerbate […]
November 4, 2016Photo Essay: Acting and Chatting to End Early Marriage in MalawiWhen Malawi passed a law banning child marriage last year, activists applauded it as a significant first step […]
November 4, 2016Unchained at Last founded by ex-Orthodox Jewish bride aids women and girls escape forced marriagesIn 2011, Fraidy Reiss founded Unchained at Last, a New Jersey nonprofit that has helped 250 girls and women […]
November 3, 2016Vietnam hosts a national workshop to end child marriageChild marriage is prevalent across Vietnam, with almost all localities recording child marriage cases, which have serious consequences […]
November 3, 2016Five year child marriage eradication project launched in GhanaA five-year project aimed at eradicating child marriage in some parts of the country has been launched in […]
November 3, 2016Why the world depends on our attitude towards ten-year-old girlsA new report by the United Nation Population Fund finds that our collective future rests on how we support the world’s 60 […]
October 28, 2016This Pakistani mother was married off as a child — but she didn’t let it stop herOne in five girls in Pakistan gets married by the age of 18. Many are poor. And many get […]
October 28, 2016Amanda Parker, Interim Executive Director, on Stopping Child Marriage and Protecting ChildhoodsDear AHA Foundation Supporter, I love Halloween. Celebrations around my neighborhood bring back special childhood memories. I remember […]
October 20, 2016Donor Spotlight, AHA Foundation Training Programs, 5 Things You Need To Know About Honor Violence, and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Last week, in honor of the International Day of the Girl Child, many of you […]
October 19, 2016AHA Donor Spotlight: “I Choose to Support this Organization…Because I Choose to Support Ayaan Hirsi Ali”By Karen Boone I was born in England in 1962, but moved to Nairobi, Kenya when I was […]
October 19, 2016AHA Foundation Trainings: On a Mission to Make the US a Safer Place to Be a GirlA battered but undeterred stay-at-home-mom stashing money into a cereal box to save enough to leave her abusive […]
October 10, 2016‘I had to:’ Inside the mind of an ‘honour’ killer in PakistanFor generations now in Pakistan, they’ve called it “honour” killing, carried out in the name of a family’s […]
October 10, 2016Pakistan cracks down on ‘honor killers’ with passage of new lawLawmakers in Pakistan passed a much-anticipated new law that mandates a stiff penalty for those convicted of so-called […]
October 3, 2016Memory Banda shares her fearless journey to stand up against child marriage in Malawi“I really need to step up.” Those are the life-changing words that ran through young Memory Banda‘s head […]
October 3, 2016Migrant child brides put Europe in a spinShould a 14-year-old married girl who migrates to Europe be viewed as a child – or a spouse? […]
October 3, 2016Fragile Progress in Global Fight Against Child MarriageIn a progress report released yesterday, the international coalition Girls Not Brides found that global rates of child marriage are […]
October 3, 2016Child marriage: A closer look at the story behind the Australian headlinesLast week the New South Wales government said a “tsunami of young girls” were being forced to marry […]
October 3, 2016Tanzania: Marriage Act At Advanced Stage – MwakyembeA GOVERNMENT review of the outlived Marriage Act 1971 seeking to empower women and curb child marriage is […]
October 3, 2016Legal marrying age should be equal for woman and men in Taiwan, says legislatorThe legal age of marriage for women should be raised from 16 to 18, just as it is […]
October 3, 2016Denmark reverses decision on separating refugee ‘child brides’ from partners in asylum centersDenmark has acknowledged that its earlier decision to separate married couples in refugee centers if a spouse happened […]