August 17, 2017Women’s Oppression: Across the Globe – Atypical FemaleDisclaimer: this post contains information that may be concerning to those sensitive to the topics of genital mutilation. […]
August 16, 2017How Ending Child Marriage Can Benefit Girls and EconomiesI was quite alarmed by new research on the economic impacts of child marriage released a few weeks ago in […]
August 16, 2017We Need To Talk About Child Marriage – ForwardAs I have every August in recent years, I am busy preparing my children to return to school. […]
August 15, 2017Senate bill would ban marriage by minors – Florida PoliticsAs expected, legislation was filed Monday in the Florida Senate to ban minors from getting married. The bill […]
August 15, 2017On Radical Islam, Trump Has Lost His Focus – Wall Street JournalAn Op-Ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Published Aug. 10, 2017 Candidate Donald Trump vowed to take a fresh approach […]
August 10, 2017Woman who fears daughter faces FGM gets deportation reprieve – The GuardianTheresa May has intervened to halt the deportation of a woman who claimed that her three-year-old daughter would face […]
August 10, 2017For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season” – UNFPAAsha Ali Ibrahim, 41, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in Diaami, Hargeisa and other […]
August 10, 2017Maine turns blind eye to child abuse – One News NowMaine’s legislature failed to protect little girls from a horrible mutilation practice, so the bill’s sponsor now is […]
August 10, 2017Defendants demand proof: Show us photos of alleged victims’ genitalia – Detroit Free PressThe defense in Michigan’s historic genital mutilation case is demanding the government turn over “the most significant piece” […]
August 10, 2017Why No Rush to End Child Marriage in Nepal? – Human Rights WatchProgress towards ending child marriage in Nepal appears to have ground to a halt, despite early hopes. Nepal, […]
August 10, 2017I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation and I’m changing the world because of it – Sanctuary for FamiliesWhere I am from, a girl is recognized by the following: Who is her father? Who is her […]
August 10, 2017Child marriage is still legal in Alabama, but on the decline – AL.ComBack in May 2001, a bill was introduced into the Alabama Senate that sought to raise the age […]
August 10, 2017‘I can have you killed’: Afghan woman fears husband after US denies asylum – The GuardianWhen Shakila Zareen learned that her husband planned to kill her, she fled to her mother’s house. A […]
August 8, 2017Iran Planning to Raise Women’s Legal Age of Marriage – Iran Front PageIranian lawmaker Fatemeh Zolqadr said the Iranian Parliament, in coordination with the country’s Vice-Presidency for Women and Family […]
August 8, 2017Watch: This simple, empowering campaign against child marriage in Bangladesh hits the right notes – Scroll InBangladesh has the fourth-highest rate of child marriage in the world. Though the numbers have reportedly declined in the last […]
August 8, 2017Forced child bride warns August is ‘hot month’ for parents to take daughters overseas to trick them into marriage – The MirrorA child bride taken to Bangladesh and forced into marriage at 15 says August is the ‘hot month’ […]
August 7, 2017Close loopholes that allow forced child marriage in the UK – The GuardianThe NSPCC report of increasing calls in relation to forced marriage (Report, 31 July) is alarming. In 2016 more […]
August 3, 2017Female genital mutilation bill dead after Senate vote – WGMEA bill that would make female genital mutilation a crime in Maine is officially dead. Earlier Wednesday, a […]
August 2, 2017An Ontario Court has Just Affirmed that Cultural Norms that Excuse Violence have No Place Here: Editorial – The StarThe woman, a recent immigrant from Iran, suffered brutal spousal abuse but didn’t even realize it was against […]
August 2, 2017What Happens to Foreign Human Trafficking Victims in the United States? – NBC NewsAt age 19, Indira Karimova became a victim of human trafficking after she was married off to her […]