December 6, 2016Turkey withdraws bill after protests over child-sexual assault clauseTurkey’s government has withdrawn a controversial bill that would have granted amnesty to some men convicted of child […]
December 6, 2016Desmond Tutu: Child marriage harms our human familyMillions of girls are married as children. This fact harms our human family and reminds us how deeply […]
December 6, 2016Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016 gets final nod – BangladeshThe new legislation includes a provision allowing child marriage in ‘special cases’, such as if a girl becomes pregnant accidentally […]
December 6, 2016It’s time to break the silence on child marriage in IndonesiaChild marriage is a national crisis in Indonesia that continues to receive little attention both domestically and globally, […]
December 6, 2016Cameroon Launches African Union Campaign To End Child MarriageToday, Cameroon became the 16th country to launch the African Union campaign to end child marriage in Africa, […]
December 5, 2016Honour killing: couple beaten, strangled to deathA teenage girl and her male cousin were killed over the pretext of karo-kari at village Rasool Bakhsh […]
November 21, 2016Turkish bill clears men of statutory rape if they marryA bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the […]
November 16, 2016With her First Novel, “Stained,” Abda Khan Gives Voice and Hope to Thousands Suffering in the Name of HonorIn her first novel Stained, Abda Khan, a British-Pakistani lawyer, portrays the struggles of an immigrant girl who […]
November 16, 2016Once “a Shell of a Person Living in a Haze” of Forced Marriage, Nina Van Harn Fights Back and Wins the First Case of Forced Marriage Annulment in the State of MichiganThe image most often associated with a woman or girl who is forced into marriage is that of […]
November 16, 2016Ayaan Honored with Genesis AwardCJUI's President Ray Hanna presenting Ayaan Hirsi Ali with the Genesis Award. At the end of October, Ayaan […]
November 16, 2016A forced marriage survivor makes history in Michigan, an interview with honor violence advocate and author Abda Khan, Ayaan receives the Genesis Award, and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, In this month’s newsletter we bring you two important voices, one of a forced marriage […]
November 4, 2016Problem of Child Marriage in Malawi Linked to PovertyAccording to Girls Not Brides, Malawi has the highest rate of child marriages worldwide, with roughly one in […]
November 4, 2016Parliamentarians key in ending child marriagesZimbabwe joined the AU Campaign to end child marriages in mid-2015. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and […]
November 4, 2016Hidden Connections: Climate Change & Child Marriage in BangledeshIt was after floods washed away her family’s river-front land in Bangladesh’s northern Jamalpur district that Brishti Rafiq’s […]
November 4, 2016Syrian girls are being pushed into child marriage in Lebanese refugee campsRates of child marriage have increased dramatically as a result of mass migration worldwide. Humanitarian crises greatly exacerbate […]
November 4, 2016Photo Essay: Acting and Chatting to End Early Marriage in MalawiWhen Malawi passed a law banning child marriage last year, activists applauded it as a significant first step […]
November 4, 2016Unchained at Last founded by ex-Orthodox Jewish bride aids women and girls escape forced marriagesIn 2011, Fraidy Reiss founded Unchained at Last, a New Jersey nonprofit that has helped 250 girls and women […]
November 3, 2016Vietnam hosts a national workshop to end child marriageChild marriage is prevalent across Vietnam, with almost all localities recording child marriage cases, which have serious consequences […]
November 3, 2016Five year child marriage eradication project launched in GhanaA five-year project aimed at eradicating child marriage in some parts of the country has been launched in […]
November 3, 2016Why the world depends on our attitude towards ten-year-old girlsA new report by the United Nation Population Fund finds that our collective future rests on how we support the world’s 60 […]