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 […]
July 18, 2016Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani Social Media Celebrity, Dead in Apparent Honor KillingQandeel Baloch, a Pakistani social media sensation, was strangled by her brother in central Pakistan, police officials said […]
July 8, 2016Gambia and Tanzania Outlaw Child MarriageThe countries of Gambia and Tanzania have outlawed child marriage. Read more here about the amazing progress that […]
July 6, 2016A Critical Step in the Fight Against FGM: Agreeing to Abolish All Forms of FGMIn the June 18 issue of “The Economist,” the magazine published two potentially harmful articles about female genital mutilation/cutting […]
July 6, 2016A Petition to End Female Genital Mutilation in IndiaThe Dawoodi Bohras are amongst the most educated in India, yet are also the only Muslim community in […]
July 1, 2016Ayaan Hirsi Ali Calls Out Cowardly Feminists’ Failure to Speak Out Against Islam’s Oppression of WomenAfter decades of embracing multiculturalism, Sweden is now the rape capitol of the West, only second on the […]
June 28, 2016Virginia’s New Marriage Age Law Means Better Protection for ThousandsOver the last 10 years in Virginia, thousands of children were married, as young as 13 years old; […]
June 27, 2016The Gambia kicks off its African Union campaign to end child marriageOn 16 June, Gambia launched a two-week campaign to end child marriage in the country. Under the leadership […]
June 27, 2016Dutch AWEPA Section addresses harmful traditional practicesThe Dutch AWEPA Section organized a parliamentary meeting in celebration of the Day of the African Child 2016 […]