February 6, 2018International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE TIME’S UP ON POLITICAL STALEMATE AROUND FGM IN MAINE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE […]
February 6, 2018Global event calling for end to FGM to start here – IndependentA worldwide social media campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) is being launched in Dublin tomorrow with the […]
February 5, 2018‘Islamophobia’ Hoaxes and the Rush to Judgment – QuilletteTwo weeks ago, Canadians responded in horror to a disturbing news story in Toronto: before a bank of […]
January 31, 2018The “No Platform” Brigade – The Hoover InstitutionA public event with the eminent scientist and rationalist Richard Dawkins was cancelled late last year by a […]
January 25, 2018AHA Foundation Intern Shares Her Experience of Working to Make the U.S. a Safer Place to Be a GirlAfter two years of working with the AHA Foundation, our intern Bree Dyer is leaving for another work […]
January 25, 2018Survivor of a Forced Marriage, Fraidy Reiss, Works to End Child Marriage in America’s NeighborhoodsFraidy Reiss is the Founder and Executive Director of Unchained At Last, the AHA Foundation’s sister organization that […]
January 23, 2018AHA Foundation’s Most Popular Blog Posts of 2017With the new year, we invite you to look back with us and catch up on the AHA […]
January 22, 2018Pennsylvania HB 413 Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE PUSH TO OUTLAW FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN PENNSYLVANIA For immediate release: Monday 22 January 2018 Pennsylvania […]
January 21, 2018The Cut: Female Genital Mutilation in the Modern WorldBy: Madari Pendas For many, the subject of female genital mutilation is an uncomfortable and difficult topic to […]
January 19, 2018A New American Leader Rises in ISIS – The AtlanticA two-year investigation identifies one of the very few Americans in the Islamic State’s upper ranks—and sheds light […]
January 15, 2018New Hampshire HB 1739 Media ReleaseMEDIA ALERT: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION & CHILD MARRIAGE EXPERT SPEAKING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS WEEK AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW […]
January 9, 2018Lawmaker seeks to up Alaska’s legal age of marriage to 18 – The Seattle TimesKETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska lawmaker is seeking to change the state law that allows a person […]
January 9, 2018India Rules Sex With a Child Bride Is Always Rape in a Massive Win for Girls’ Rights – Global CitizenIndia’s top court has ruled that sex with a child is always rape, quashing a clause that allowed […]
January 7, 2018In south India, a 20-year-old survivor of honor killing turns crusader – ReutersCHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kausalya and her husband of eight months were shown no mercy when […]
January 6, 2018‘The cases reported are just the tip of the iceberg’: the Syrian refugee girls facing child marriage in Turkey – iNewsDalal Abdullah is just 13, but her mother has already had to fend off a string of requests […]
January 6, 2018Irish project helping to end child marriage in Nepal – thejournal.ieIN NEPAL 10% of girls are married before the age of 15 and 37% are married before the […]
January 6, 2018Turkish child marriage religious document sparks anger – BBC NewsTurkey’s main opposition party has called for a parliamentary inquiry after the directorate of religious affairs said that, […]
January 4, 2018Rape, Underage Sex, Forced Marriage, Abuse. That’s the Plight of Too Many Afghan Girls – NewsweekSahar was only 10 years old when she was forced to marry an older man. Her father agreed […]
January 3, 2018Survivor of FGM and AHA Foundation Give Support for a Bill Against FGM in PA, Meet the Founder of Unchained At Last, Former Intern Looks Back at Her Experience With AHA Foundation and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Happy New Year! As we enter 2018, we look back with a grateful heart […]
December 29, 2017FGM in Sri Lanka: It’s never ‘just a nick’ – Al JazeeraFor decades, female genital mutilation (FGM) has been practiced in Sri Lanka. However, to those outside the practicing […]