September 20, 2017New FGM Training Resource, Interview with Detective Boughey, An Update on the FGM Trial in Michigan, and more…Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, The AHA Foundation’s Senior Director, Amanda Parker, was interviewed for this piece in the Metro UK saying […]
September 20, 201740 million in modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world – ILONew research developed jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO)1 and the Walk Free Foundation2 , in partnership with the […]
September 20, 2017Update on the First Female Genital Mutilation Case in the U.S. – Trial Postponed as More Charged in CaseTheodore Levin Courthouse, Detroit, Michigan. Photo by: C Hanchey and can be found here. United States of America v. […]
September 20, 2017A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow is Not Afraid to Do the Right Thing to Combat Forced MarriageLaura Vidal, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow Laura Vidal is a Social Worker with a Masters in Human […]
September 20, 2017After Honor Killing of Noor Almaleki, Ending Honor Violence in the U.S. Became Detective Boughey’s Life PurposeThis month, the AHA Foundation sat down with Detective Chris Boughey of the Peoria Police Department to discuss […]
September 20, 2017Little girls are being ‘cut on kitchen tables’ in Manhattan as FGM grows at alarming rate – Metro UKSome practitioners are happy to perform brutal female genital mutilation (FGM) procedures on little girls on kitchen tables […]
September 19, 2017Doctor to be released on $4.5 million bond ahead of female genital mutilation trial – FoxA Michigan doctor who’s accused of performing genital mutilation surgery on girls will be released from federal custody […]
September 19, 2017Accountability needed to end child marriage, improve health access – DevexThree African heads of state have warned their peers that without accountability and political intervention, the problem of […]
September 18, 201711-year-old girl narrowly escapes child marriage after revealing family’s treachery to teacher – International Business TimesAn 11-year-old girl from the north Indian city of Bulandshahr was rescued by a team of social activists, […]
September 18, 2017Mobile App to Fight Child Marriage Launched in Bihar – News 18In a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations backed by […]
September 18, 2017New legislation targets female genital mutilation in Michigan – WWMTFederal prosecutors indicted two women accused of taking their seven year old daughters to a Michigan clinic for […]
September 18, 2017Married Young: The Fight Over Child Marriage in America – FrontlineHeather decided she didn’t need a new pair of shoes for her wedding. The silver heels she wore […]
September 18, 2017REP. TROTT ON INDICTMENT OF MOTHERS IN DETROIT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION CASE – Dave TrottToday, federal prosecutors charged two Minnesota mothers with Female Genital Mutilation and Conspiracy to Commit Female Genital Mutilation […]
September 15, 2017Feds: Moms, charged in genital cutting case, gave doctor blessing to cut daughters – USA TodayFive months after a historic genital mutilation case surfaced in Detroit, two Minnesota mothers were charged Thursday with subjecting […]
September 14, 2017Child Marriage in America – Frontline DispatchThe Frontline Dispatch – A New Investigative Podcast In the summer after 9th grade, 14-year-old Heather discovered she […]
September 14, 2017NC laws lead to higher-than-average child marriage rates – Daily Tar HeelAlthough census data shows child marriages in the United States are rare, a report by the Tahirih Justice […]
September 14, 2017FGM survivor speaks of night she was forcefully cut as she fights for end to brutal procedure – Metro UKMariya Taher was seven when strangers forced her to the ground and cut her clitoral hood. She doesn’t […]
September 14, 2017‘Fake Life’: Being Gay In Afghanistan – Radio Free EuropeAhmad seems like any other teenager in the Afghan capital, Kabul. He goes to school, hangs out with […]
September 12, 2017Police are ‘determined’ to bring country’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation as they launch campaign to protect children coming from abroad – Daily MailPolice are targeting Eurostar terminals to protect children from female genital mutilation (FGM) as officers say they are […]
September 12, 2017Lawmakers say they’ll consider changes to Ohio child marriage laws – Dayton Daily NewsPolitical leaders on both sides of the aisle are interested in changing Ohio’s marriage laws after reading a […]