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. […]
September 3, 2016NCCE collaborates with UNICEF to eradicate child marriage in TalensiThe National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is implementing […]
September 3, 2016Nepali director general of the Department of Women and Children vows to end child marriageDirector General of the Department of Women and Children under the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare […]
September 3, 2016Joint UN programme aims to empower over 1 million girls in Mozambique“Before I entered the safe space, I was shy, and it was difficult for me to express myself. […]
September 3, 2016Minara — the reformist on a bicycle fighting to end child marriageBangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with 65 per cent of […]
September 3, 2016Senegal’s dancing grandmothers lead charge for health over traditionGrandmothers are using their influence to promote modern medicine and health care, and discuss issues from family planning […]
September 3, 2016Indonesia: the young brides of West SulawesiCountless small villages dot the western coastline of Sulawesi Island. Rows of rumah panggung (traditional houses) are set […]
September 3, 2016Child marriage in the Caribbean: My Nani’s storySunny skies and beautiful beaches come to mind when you think about the Caribbean. But beyond the turquoise […]
August 25, 2016Should Forced Marriage Be Banned in the US, Former Chief UK Prosecutor Helps Expose Honor Violence, Child Marriage Bill in New Jersey and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Across our country parents are wrapping up summer activities and preparing for the start of […]