October 16, 2017FGM in Latin America: Colombia’s Embera tribe – Al JazeeraColombia’s Embera indigenous tribe is one of the few communities in Latin America known to practise female genital mutilation (FGM), […]
October 16, 2017Too young to marry: Connecticut finally ends child marriage – CT PostAt least 20,000 girls under the age of 18 married with judicial consent in 2017 in the U.S. […]
October 13, 20179 Unsettling Facts About Child Marriage – U.S. NewsAbout 1.1 billion girls live in the world today, but not all live equally. The United Nations observes Oct. 11 […]
October 13, 2017India’s Supreme Court Rules Sex With Child Brides Is Rape – TimeIndia’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that sex with an underage wife constitutes rape, in a landmark ruling that campaigners […]
October 11, 2017Empowering Girls Rescued From Child Marriage – The New York TimesHaving spent 15 years photographing child marriages around the world, Stephanie Sinclair is uniquely positioned to understand its lasting impact […]
October 11, 2017Ohio may ban female genital mutilation for girls under 18 – Dayton Daily NewsOhio does not explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation — a practice that state Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants […]
October 11, 2017FGM Campaigner Leyla Hussein on Why Genital Cutting Is a Global Problem – News DeeplyLeyla Hussein has become one of the world’s most visible campaigners against female genital mutilation (FGM). However, the FMGsurvivor, […]
October 10, 2017FGM and disability also hinder girls’ education – The GuardianYour sponsored roundtable on educating girls (Society, 4 October) is to be commended both for laying bare the […]
October 10, 2017Stop FGM now, says an ex-circumciser and colleagues – The PointSaibo Jawo, an ex-circumciser and some of her colleagues in Nafugan village in the Upper River Region have […]
October 10, 2017Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at University of Maryland, College Park, “Freedom of Expression in the Arab World”Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
October 7, 2017Ending child marriage critical to achieving SDGs – The Daily StarAs the world marks International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, Girls Not Brides is calling […]
October 7, 2017Why should we care about FGM? – Al JazeeraTalking about female genital mutilation (FGM) makes people uncomfortable. I get that. Who wants to think about vaginas […]
October 7, 2017FGM: A native affliction on every inhabitable continent – Al JazeeraEnter the term “FGM” in Google Images and you will find pictures related to female genital mutilation on […]
October 5, 2017What’s Next in the Fight to End Child Marriage in Guatemala? – MS BlogGuatemala has taken a huge step forward for girls, officially outlawing child marriage following years of advocacy by […]
October 5, 2017Violence against women hurts Arab economies, U.N. says – ReutersThe United Nations called on Arab nations on Wednesday to calculate the economic cost of violence against women, […]
October 3, 2017Inside the Lives of Georgia’s Child Brides – National GeographicNo one really knows for sure how many underage girls are getting married in the country of Georgia. […]
October 3, 2017Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive – The New York TimesSaudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has […]
September 29, 2017Woman shares traumatic FGM secret and a bond is formed – The StarWhen Malaika was 6, she travelled with her family on an airplane for the first time, on a […]
September 29, 2017New state law seeks to reduce the number of child brides in Texas – Texas TribuneTexas has one of the highest child marriage rates in the country, but a new law seeks to […]
September 29, 2017Violence against girls is corrosive to society – EURACTIVThere may be nothing more corrosive to our societies than allowing this assault to continue. Yet there are […]