October 3, 2016How a 14-year-old Syrian Refugee is Fighting to End Child MarriageOmaima Hoshan, 14, wasn’t really aware of early marriage until her best friend dropped out of school in […]
October 3, 2016Egypt approves tougher jail terms for FGMMore than nine in 10 women and girls aged 15 to 49 in Egypt have undergone FGM. Egypt has […]
September 22, 2016Five Myths About Forced Marriage, Child Bride Gabriella Gillespie Speaks About How She Escaped Forced Marriage, an Interview with Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, As summer winds down and a new school year begins, many girls are returning […]
September 20, 2016Sarah Haider, Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, Shares Her Transition to Atheism and the Need to Look Up to Fathers who Champion Women’s RightsSarah Haider is a Pakistani-born writer and activist who grew up in Texas. A practicing Shia Muslim throughout […]
September 20, 2016Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
September 20, 2016My Escape from Child Marriage to FreedomIn her guest blog, Gabriella Gillespie describes her remarkable escape from a marriage her father forced her into […]
September 19, 2016The first rule of the married girls’ club is: empower girlsFatuma was married off five years ago, when she was just 13. Like most girls from the remote […]
September 19, 2016Rights group: Nepal failing to stop child marriageIn a new report, Human Rights Watch criticised the government for failing to follow through with promises of […]
September 19, 2016Bangladesh launching Red Card Campaign to prevent child marriage, sexual harassmentThe government is going to launch a school-level campaign against child marriage and sexual harassment in Bangladesh. The country […]
September 19, 2016Parents in the firing line as child marriage continuesEVEN after education and sensitization on gender issues, some parents are still defiant. Last week, a 15 yearold […]
September 19, 2016Malala: Education For Refugee Girls Will Help Prevent Child MarriageNobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday called on world leaders to provide education to girls in refugee camps […]
September 19, 2016German officials set their sights on ‘child marriage’German officials have encountered hundreds of married minors among refugees. Judges are struggling with legal ambiguities and must […]
September 19, 2016Column: How I came to report on forced marriage — in the U.S.The beginning of my journey reporting this story began with a casual conversation with a friend at a […]
September 19, 2016A Chance Encounter On A Vacation Changed Her Life — And The Lives Of Child BridesJacqueline de Chollet of Switzerland, now 78, helped found the Veerni Institute, which gives child brides and other […]
September 19, 2016Refugee mother and daughter fight rocketing rates of child marriage“A girl I know from school here in the camp got married last year when she was 15,” […]
September 11, 2016Free Webinar on Protecting Girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the USMore than half a million of girls in the US have undergone or are at risk of being […]
September 7, 2016British woman raped before suspected ‘honor killing’ in Pakistan, police sayA British woman murdered in a suspected “honor killing” incident in Pakistan was raped before her death, Pakistani […]
September 6, 2016#ISTANDFOR: AN END TO FGMJaha Dukureh, a brave survivor of FGM and founder of the organization Safe Hands For Girls has been campaigning […]
September 3, 2016The Long Search for the Missing Child Brides of a Mormon Polygamist SectBrandon S Blackmore listened carefully. He had to hear past the hissing sound in the recording, and the […]
September 3, 2016India upholds law allowing sex with 15-year-oldsAn Indian high court has upheld a law allowing sex with a woman of 15 if she is married. […]