June 8, 2017

Up To 100 Girls Cut in Mutilation Case, Feds Estimate – Detroit News

As many as 100 girls may have had their genitalia mutilated during a 12-year conspiracy involving three Metro […]
June 7, 2017

Activists in N.J. Push to Ban Child Marriage Before Christie Leaves Office – PBS

In an effort to make New Jersey the first state to ban child marriage, about 30 protesters outside the […]
June 7, 2017

Child Marriage Survivor: I Was Introduced to Him in the Morning and Handed Over That Night – Motto

Sara Tasneem was 15 years old when she was married off to a 28-year old stranger. Her parents […]
June 6, 2017

We Must No Longer Turn a Blind Eye to Islamic Extremism But Instead Root Out Radicals Who Hate the West – An Oped by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Sun

Originally Published by The Sun: 6 June 2017 THERE has been an unrelenting pattern of low-tech terror waged […]
June 6, 2017

MEDIA RELEASE – Virginian Imam Should Face Prosecution for Inciting Criminal Female Genital Mutilation

MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release – Tuesday 6 June 2017 Virginian Imam should face prosecution for inciting criminal […]
June 6, 2017

A Virginia Imam said Female Genital Mutilation Prevents ‘Hypersexuality,’ Leading to Calls for his Dismissal – The Washington Post

A Virginia mosque has publicly condemned the words of its leading imam, highlighting lingering divisions among Muslim leaders […]
June 5, 2017

Michigan ‘Genital Mutilation’ Case will Test Our Country’s Political Correctness – USA Today

In February, federal investigators uncovered a Michigan-based network of doctors and others who practice female genital mutilation (FGM) […]
June 5, 2017

State Lawmakers Rally Behind Push to End Child Marriages – Lockport Journal

New York is on track to becoming the first state to set the minimum age for getting married […]
June 5, 2017

Genitally Mutilated Girls Sent Back to Parents – The Australian

Queensland’s embattled child safety department returned two young girls to their parents ­despite a doctor finding they had […]
June 5, 2017

German Parliament Passes Law Ending Child Marriage – The Local Germany

The new law officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage. Previously, 16-year-olds were allowed to marry adults […]
June 5, 2017

The Deadly Belief in Women’s Shame – An Op-Ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Sunday Times

Originally published by The Sunday Times: 4 June 2017 Nothing that comes from Isis surprises me, even though […]
June 2, 2017

The U.S. Laws That Allow Underage Girls to Get Married – Motto

Most Girls Scouts spend their time learning survival skills and selling cookies. But Cassandra Levesque, 18, spent her […]
June 2, 2017

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Conservative Voices ‘Are Being Silenced’ on Campuses

On Sunday, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria warned left-leaning Americans that they have to be more open to opposing viewpoints […]
June 2, 2017

Turkey Acquits 2 Men in Berlin ‘Honor Killing’ of Their Sister – The New York Times

Two Kurdish German men accused of helping to kill their sister in 2005 because of her Western lifestyle […]
June 1, 2017

From Conflict to Child Marriage, 700 Mln Children Robbed of Childhood – The Daily Mail UK

One in four of the world’s children – at least 700 million – have had their childhood cut […]
June 1, 2017

Child marriage is a Problem in the United States Too – TRTWorld

Marriages are forced upon children as young as 11 in the US for reasons ranging from religious beliefs […]
May 26, 2017

11 Years Old, a Mom, and Pushed to Marry Her Rapist in Florida – The New York Times

When she was a scrawny 11-year-old, Sherry Johnson found out one day that she was about to be […]
May 25, 2017

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s thoughts on the prosecution for FGM in Detroit, how you can be involved in the fight against FGM and more…

  Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, A lot has happened in the past month. Significantly, the news broke that a […]
May 25, 2017

How Dr. Marci Bowers, Specialist in FGM Reconstructive Surgery, Is Helping Women Across the US

Dr. Marci Bowers is considered an innovator and pioneer in the medical field. She is the first trans […]
May 25, 2017

Tales Of Courage: How I Almost Lost My Life Fighting FGM – The Daily Nation

Natalie Robi was at university when she learned that female circumcision was actually female genital mutilation (FGM), a form […]