August 17, 2016Dressed in Wedding Veils, Protestors Demand Banning Marriage for Children Under Age of 18Amanda Parker, Interim Executive Director of the AHA Foundation, speaks at the Chain-In. Photo: Susan Landmann This past […]
August 11, 2016New Opening Times for Honor Network HelplineKarma Nirvana are delighted to announce from August 1st 2016 we are extending our opening hours to evenings […]
August 9, 2016FGM in the UK, A Filmmaker Stands Up, and A Day in the Life of an Intern Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, A recent article in The Economist claims that decades of work against FGM have […]
August 9, 2016A Human Rights Warrior Speaks Out, Men Work to End FGM, and Book Recommendations from Advocates Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, Like countless individuals around the world, our hearts and minds are filled with […]
August 9, 2016Child brides sold for cows: The price of being a girl in South SudanIn many communities here in one of the world’s poorest nations, daughters grow up with a single purpose: […]
August 9, 2016Nepal: Rachana’s story, from potential child bride to community leaderAt the age of 15, Rachana received a scholarship so she could continue her studies, but her father […]
August 9, 2016Bangladesh: Tackling child marriage through offering education and accommodation to girlsThe Church of Bangladesh is helping women out of poverty, in an area where child marriage was rife, […]
August 9, 2016Sex education and the SADC Model Law: the key to ending child marriage in ZimbabweIn Zimbabwe, most child marriages take place after a girl becomes pregnant, but this could be avoided by […]
August 9, 2016Number of child marriage cases for Syrian refugees increasesIn Jordan, the legal age of marriage is 18 but it’s up to a judge’s discretion whether to […]
August 9, 2016Malaysian man charged with rape escapes jail after marrying 14-year-old victimA Malaysian man charged with raping a 14-year-old girl has avoided prison after he married her in a […]
August 9, 2016Tanzania’s Attorney General seeks to appeal recent High Court ruling on child marriageLast month, the High Court of Tanzania ruled that sections of the 1971 Marriage Act, which allowed girls […]
July 29, 2016Chain-In protests against child, forced marriages in New JerseyAbout 30 people protested against child and forced marriages during a rally Tuesday afternoon just outside Newark Penn […]
July 22, 2016These British Women Are All Survivors Of Female Genital MutilationIn early 2015, psychotherapist and female genital mutilation (FGM) campaigner Leyla Hussein approached photographer Jason Ashwood with the […]
July 20, 2016FGM court orders in the UK: a quiet revolution in child protection2015 has ushered in a huge cultural shift in the way communities view the practice of female genital […]
July 20, 2016More than 1,200 FGM cases recorded across England in three monthsMidwives have called for renewed efforts to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) after more than 1,200 cases were […]
July 20, 2016An Interview With Hilary Burrage: How She’s Fighting to Stop FGM in the UKHilary Burrage, British sociologist and author, on the fight against FGM: We must never, for one moment, be […]
July 20, 2016A Filmmaker Stands Up to Honor Violence: An Interview with Vibha GulatiVibha at work on set with director Danis Tanovic. When a friend or family member is murdered […]
July 20, 2016Clash of Values Emerges After Afghan Child Bride Burns to DeathAfter being married off in sixth grade, Zahra arrived at the central hospital in Ghor with burns over 90 […]
July 19, 2016Behind the Scenes of the AHA Foundation – From the Intern’s PerspectiveI came to AHA in my senior year of college, with a background in theatre and politics – […]
July 19, 2016Make Your Voice Heard – End Child Marriage in New York, New Jersey, and MarylandYou can help eliminate the human-rights abuse of child marriage, by making your voice heard – that is, by […]