December 26, 2017Couple accused of genital mutilation of their daughter at Dublin home to face trial – IndependentA couple are to face trial accused of genital mutilation of their daughter at their home in Dublin. […]
December 26, 2017This young Croydon man’s amazing work to stop violence against girls and women has earned him an award from the Queen – Croydon AdvertiserA young man who came to Croydon after fleeing Zimbabwe as a teenager is about to be given an […]
December 26, 2017They escaped child marriage. Now they’re speaking out. – CNNEunice was just 9 years old when she was married off to a man older than her father. […]
December 25, 2017Lawyer of Saudi sisters in Turkey fighting to prevent extradition – Hurriyet Daily NewsThe lawyer of two Saudi Arabian sisters in Turkey has been fighting to prevent the women from being […]
December 23, 2017FGM is a real danger to many young girls – Belfast TelegraphChristmas is usually a happy time for children and families. However, for a small number of girls in […]
December 21, 2017Time we tighten up child marriage laws – St. Augustine RecordMore often than not this time of year, The Record rails against silly or superfluous laws being teed-up by our […]
December 20, 2017AHA Foundation 2017 Annual Report Celebrating 10 Years of Life-Saving Workand Revealing the Vision for the Next Ten YearsTen years ago, Ayaan Hirsi Ali founded the AHA Foundation to protect women and girls from honor violence […]
December 19, 2017Girls could be flown abroad to undergo FGM during Christmas holidays, officials warn as more than 1,000 cases reported – The IndependentGirls may be forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) abroad during the Christmas holidays, authorities have warned […]
December 19, 2017Child marriage is a criminal injustice – Daily NationCan there be such a thing as child marriage? Not for the African Union Goodwill Ambassador spearheading the […]
December 19, 2017Crashing a wedding, saving a child bride: App helps girl avoid child marriage – UNFPAWhen a 13-year-old girl in the remote village of Darbhanga, in India’s Bihar State, overheard her parents planning […]
December 12, 2017Dr. Mwangi-Powell Leads African Anti-FGM Initiative, Believes the Practice Can be Stopped in One GenerationDr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, MSc, Ph.D., is the Global Director for The Girl Generation, a ten-country social change communication […]
December 11, 2017How Women From The U.S. Could Be At Risk Of Genital Mutilation – NPRYoung women from the U.S. are at increasing risk of a dangerous ritual known as female genital mutilation. […]
December 11, 2017Trapped in A Marriage with an Al-Qaeda Operative, Yasmine Fought Back for the Sake of Her DaughterYasmine Mohammed is an Arab-Canadian college instructor, activist, podcaster and writer. Yasmine shares her story of growing up […]
December 9, 2017Photography Project ‘Too Young To Wed’ Empowers Child Marriage Survivors – KobbiniAccording to International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), one-third of girls in the developing world are married before the […]
December 9, 2017Educating Girls: A Way of Ending Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy – The World BankAnnet Nyaburu is only 18 years old, but she is a mother of two boys, aged 4 and […]
December 9, 2017Child Marriage is an Affront to Women’s Empowerment – Huffington PostTo Empower Women, Begin with Protecting Girls Today, our 24-hour news cycle is fraught with accounts of sexual […]
December 9, 2017‘We Must Protect Our Girls.’ Will Pakistan Finally Vote to End Child Marriage? – TimeAisha was 14 years old when she married a man almost a decade older in a match arranged […]
December 9, 2017Child marriage has become less common in America. But it still exists – The EconomistSEXUAL mores change faster than the law does. This has been the case with child marriage, which is […]
December 9, 2017How sharia marriages can hurt women in the West – The EconomistSHIRIN MUSA draws on bitter experience to inspire her work to help women caught between legal and cultural […]
December 9, 2017It’s Time To Break The Silence Over This Shockingly Common Practice – Refinery 29According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 200 million women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), […]