December 3, 2017The Guardian view on child marriage: wedlock is a padlock for girls – The GuardianWhat kind of place would set the age of consent at 17 – but allow pregnant girls as […]
November 28, 2017“Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage and Breastfeeding Across Cultures”Event Description: “FGM, Child Marriage and Breastfeeding Across Cultures” was a talk by Elisabeth Ubbe, a Swedish photojournalist […]
November 28, 2017Amanda Parker and Elisabeth Ubbe at Vassar College, “Harmful Cultural Practices”Event Description: “Harmful Cultural Practices” was a panel featuring award-winning Swedish photojournalist and former midwife Elisabeth Ubbe, as […]
November 24, 2017Ohio lawmaker wants to limit child marriage – Dayton Daily NewsEfforts to reform Ohio’s child marriage laws, which currently allow children of any age to marry if they […]
November 24, 2017Why Child Marriage Persists In Mexico – NPRA dozen young women sit in a stuffy, gnat-filled room in a community center in Coatecas Altas, part […]
November 24, 2017Legislator: Don’t allow children to marry – Arizona Capitol TimesSaying 18 is plenty young enough, a Scottsdale lawmaker wants to repeal existing Arizona laws that allow children […]
November 24, 2017Butter knife or sharp blade? Either way, FGM survivors in Sri Lanka want it to stop – ReutersWhen her daughter turned seven, and it was time for the “khatna” – a female genital mutilation (FGM) […]
November 24, 2017Female Genital Mutilation Happening to an Alarming Number of U.S. Girls – NewsweekSudan, Somalia, Sierra Leone. Those African nations are notoriously associated with the gruesome ritual of female genital mutilation—but it […]
November 22, 2017Ayaan receives the Oxi Day award, a survivor of FGM refuses to be silent, AHA Foundation’s campus program fellow has a new op-ed and more…Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, Almost every day now the news brings new allegations of sexual abuse at the […]
November 22, 2017EGYPTIAN JOURNALIST RABAB AZZAM ON UNDERGOING FGM AT AGE 13: IT WAS A “COLLECTIVE MASSACRE” – MemriEgyptian journalist Rabab Azzam told her story of being circumcised at the age of 13, recounting the physical […]
November 22, 2017Aurora Prize Selection Committee will gather to review 2018 nominations – PanoramaThe Selection Committee of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity will gather in Berlin, Germany on December 4, […]
November 22, 2017Doctor at center of mutilation case freed from jail – The Detroit NewsDr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Northville doctor accused of mutilating the genitalia of “countless” young girls, was released on […]
November 22, 2017Activist and Survivor of FGM, F.A. Cole, Refuses to be Silent About the Night She was MutilatedOriginally published on November 17, 2018 Activist and Survivor of FGM, F.A. Cole, Refuses to be Silent About […]
November 21, 2017FBI: Flint-area man offered to buy child for sex, marriage – MLiveA Flint-area man sought to pay $100 a month for a girl age 7 to 10 years old […]
November 21, 2017Family Law Section all in on closing the child marriage loophole – Florida Bar NewsHer email username is “forgivingtheunforgivable.” And Sherrie Von Johnson, who describes herself as “an advocate as well as […]
November 21, 2017Dawoodi Bohra women write to PM Narendra Modi against Female Genital Mutilation – The Indian ExpressSeveral women from the Dawoodi Bohra community have come together to launch a campaign this week seeking Prime […]
November 21, 2017ICE fights to protect girls and women from mutilation and abuse – ICE NewsMore 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 MundoNo pudimos conversar en persona. La intelectual más crítica con el islam acaba de tener un bebé. Oculta. Blindada. […]
November 21, 2017Not Comfortable with How Female Genital Mutilation is Shown in Photos, A Swedish Photographer Applies a New ApproachElisabeth Ubbe is an award-winning photojournalist who strives to highlight issues that are taboo to create conversation and […]
November 16, 2017An Atheist Can Respect Prayer – The Wall Street JournalI once attended a series of debates between a local atheist and a pastor in a suburban Portland, […]