November 22, 2017

Doctor at center of mutilation case freed from jail – The Detroit News

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Northville doctor accused of mutilating the genitalia of “countless” young girls, was released on […]
November 22, 2017

Activist and Survivor of FGM, F.A. Cole, Refuses to be Silent About the Night She was Mutilated

Originally published on November 17, 2018 Activist and Survivor of FGM, F.A. Cole, Refuses to be Silent About […]
November 21, 2017

FBI: Flint-area man offered to buy child for sex, marriage – MLive

A Flint-area man sought to pay $100 a month for a girl age 7 to 10 years old […]
November 21, 2017

Family Law Section all in on closing the child marriage loophole – Florida Bar News

Her email username is “forgivingtheunforgivable.” And Sherrie Von Johnson, who describes herself as “an advocate as well as […]
November 21, 2017

Dawoodi Bohra women write to PM Narendra Modi against Female Genital Mutilation – The Indian Express

Several women from the Dawoodi Bohra community have come together to launch a campaign this week seeking Prime […]
November 21, 2017

ICE fights to protect girls and women from mutilation and abuse – ICE News

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation, or cutting (FGM/C). FGM/C […]
November 21, 2017

“Fomentar el islam es independizar a Cataluña de Occidente” – El Mundo

No pudimos conversar en persona. La intelectual más crítica con el islam acaba de tener un bebé. Oculta. Blindada. […]
November 21, 2017

Not Comfortable with How Female Genital Mutilation is Shown in Photos, A Swedish Photographer Applies a New Approach

Elisabeth Ubbe is an award-winning photojournalist who strives to highlight issues that are taboo to create conversation and […]
November 16, 2017

An Atheist Can Respect Prayer – The Wall Street Journal

I once attended a series of debates between a local atheist and a pastor in a suburban Portland, […]
November 16, 2017

Moore case spotlights a risk to young girls – CNN

People are looking in shocked disgust at the defenders of Roy Moore. How can so many Alabamans throw […]
November 14, 2017

‘Catastrophic’ Iraq law could legalise marriage for children as young as nine – The Guardian

A new law that could legalise marriage for children as young as nine in Iraq would be “catastrophic”, setting back […]
November 14, 2017

Forced to wed at 19, U.S. campaigner works to save others from child marriage – Reuters

After being married off at the age of 19 to an abusive husband by her ultra-Orthodox Jewish family […]
November 10, 2017

World US blasts Iraq over draft law allowing child marriage – Kudistan24

State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert strongly criticized the Iraqi parliament’s approval, in principle, of a draft law that […]
November 10, 2017

How some glue and a rusty bike helped a Nepalese girl escape child marriage – The Guardian

We’ve never had this many female pupils before,” says principal Lal Chandra Pandey as the class opens their […]
November 10, 2017

In child marriage debate, some want flexibility with older teens – FL Politics

As lawmakers in both the House and the Senate push for a strict ban on minors getting married, […]
November 8, 2017

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at Portland State University, “Are Western Values Worth Defending?”

Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
November 7, 2017

Only 5% of ‘honour’ crimes reported to police are referred to CPS – The Guardian

The police are failing the victims of “honour” crimes, with just 5% of reported cases being referred to […]
November 7, 2017

FGM ‘not being taken seriously’ in Northern Ireland – BBC News

There is no departmental body taking responsibility for the issue and no plan in place to implement multi-agency […]
November 7, 2017

Professor, student lobby to end child marriage in Florida – FIU News

FIU professor Sandy Skelaney and graduate student Allison Sardinas have been making the rounds in Tallahassee on a mission to […]
November 6, 2017

As Africa tackles child marriage, young survivors speak out – Houston Chronicle

Sitting on the floor and dressed in black, the 15-year-old held her baby as panicked tears welled in […]