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), […]
December 9, 2017House increases penalty for female genital mutilation – The Detroit Newshe U.S. House on Tuesday unanimously approved a bipartisan bill sponsored by Michigan Rep. Dave Trott that would […]
December 9, 2017How to fight female genital mutilation with economics – CNNSeleiman Bishagazi never enjoyed the benefits of a university education, but he’s smarter on a basic human rights […]
December 4, 2017The Plot Behind Saudi Arabia’s Fight With Qatar – The New York TimesBy Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Originally Published in The New York Times December 4, 2017. In June, Saudi Arabia […]
December 3, 2017A Survivor Speaks Out After Escaping a Forced Marriage to an Al Qaeda Member, Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell Discusses Her Work to End FGM, and More…Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, As it stands, the federal penalty in the U.S. for cutting the genitals of […]
December 3, 2017In Some Evangelical Circles, Grown Men Pursuing Teens Isn’t All That Unusual – Huffington PostIn the fundamentalist Christian circles that Samantha Field grew up in, the word “courtship” doesn’t evoke romantic images of […]
December 3, 2017Senate passes Rep. Peter Lucido’s bill to protect children from mutilation – Clickon DetroitState senators unanimously approved Rep. Peter Lucido’s legislation allowing the termination of parental rights for anyone who forces their […]
December 3, 20175 Reasons Why Child Marriage Affects Us All – Huffington PostOur ambitious Sustainable Development Goals agenda serves to create progress that will improve lives across the world. But […]
December 3, 2017Husband forces wife to undergo FGM – StandardI was recently talking to a group of girlfriends about Culture and the topic on Female Genital Mutilation […]
December 3, 2017Helping girls to study rather than become child brides – BBC NewsUntil you see it, it is difficult to conceive how much work many Rajasthani girls have to do […]
December 3, 2017Female circumcision in Sri Lanka is ‘just a nick’, not mutilation: supporters – ReutersMembers of Sri Lanka’s Muslim communities have strongly condemned criticism of ancient cutting rituals performed on girls, saying […]
December 3, 2017To end AIDS, we must tackle gender inequality – Stator nearly 30 years, the first day of December has offered an opportunity to unite in the fight […]
December 3, 2017#MeToo Must Fight For Women In Refugee Camps, Not Just On Red Carpets – Huffington PostThis fall, #MeToo dominated the news cycle, as high-profile actress after high-profile actress came forward with their stories […]
December 3, 2017Editorial: Child marriage’s end overdue for Florida – Sarasota Herald TribuneAt first glance, the headline seemed more appropriate for The Onion or another publication specializing in satire: “Momentum […]
December 3, 2017Sweden Legalizes Child Marriages For Immigrants – EU TodaySweden has legalized child marriages for immigrant pedophiles who wish to stay married to their underaged wives. In […]