August 28, 2017Educating Girls, Ending Child Marriage – World BankEvery day, 41,000 girls marry before they are 18 years old. That’s 15 million girls every year. While child […]
August 28, 2017A Day Camp That Teaches Kids In The U.S. About Female Genital Mutilation – NPRIt’s a hot and humid day, but the kids are buzzing. As they pile out of a coach […]
August 28, 2017Cutting Young Girls Isn’t Religious Freedom – The Wall Street JournalEarlier this year, a 7-year-old girl from Minnesota entered an examination room at a clinic just outside of […]
August 28, 2017Invisible Taliban child brides, widows trapped as sex slaves – ReutersFatima’s Taliban husband was so controlling that he refused to allow her to bathe and threatened to burn […]
August 24, 2017Child Marriage Legislation in Florida, A Survivor of FGM Shares Her Story, An Interview with Maine State Representative, And More…Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, August has been a surprisingly busy month working to strengthen legislative protections for women […]
August 24, 2017Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals? – The New York TimesSince the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 […]
August 24, 2017Child Marriage in America: By the Numbers – FrontlineAt first, almost no one believed Fraidy Reiss when she said child marriage happens in the United States. […]
August 24, 2017The curse of blades and powders: FGM in Somaliland – in pictures – The Guardianlmost all women aged 15 to 49 in the east African state of Somaliland have suffered female genital […]
August 24, 2017DomRep has highest child-marriage rate in Americas – Jamaica ObserverUNICEF says more than one in 10 girls in the Dominican Republic are married or living with a […]
August 24, 2017Women in small Muslim sect say they have had FGM in Canada – The StarWomen from a small Muslim sect called the Dawoodi Bohras have reported that female genital mutilation has been […]
August 23, 2017AHA Supporter Appeals to Miami Herald, Brings Attention To Child Marriage in FloridaPictured from right to left is our Senior Director, Amanda Parker, with Members of World Wings including Alicia […]
August 23, 2017Representative Heather Sirocki of Maine and Why the Bill Against Female Genital Mutilation Keeps Being Shot Down in Her StateThis month, the AHA Foundation sat down with Maine State Representative, Heather Sirocki, who has served the Scarborough […]
August 23, 2017Survivor of Female Genital Mutilation Pleads to Other Parents to Have Mercy on Their GirlsIt is the recovery room in a hospital in Egypt. The girl is six or seven years old. […]
August 21, 2017Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali says US has its head in the sand when it comes to ISIS – Fox NewsA leading voice on the rights of Muslim women said Sunday U.S. lawmakers continue to take a “head […]
August 21, 2017Marriage bill important for child’s protection – NewsPressState Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers, has a history of protecting children through state legislation, passing bills requiring […]
August 21, 2017El Salvador, Guatemala lawmakers pass bans on child marriage – InquirerEl Salvador and Guatemala have joined a trend in clamping down on child marriage by passing legislation that […]
August 17, 2017Saudi Arabia just took 4 major steps to improve women’s rights – StepFeedSaudi Arabia is taking major steps to improve women’s rights in the kingdom. Just in the past ten […]
August 17, 2017Lebanon abolishes ‘marry your rapist’ law, joining other Arab states – ReutersLebanon on Wednesday joined other Arab nations in abolishing a law that lets rapists escape punishment if they […]
August 17, 2017Seasonal employment, child marriage make women vulnerable to trafficking – Deccan HeraldSeasonal employment, child marriage and school drop out rate are among the reasons making women and girls vulnerable […]
August 17, 2017How to prevent child marriages? – The Express TribuneThe term ‘child marriage’ is used to describe a legal or customary union between two people, of whom […]