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 […]
October 28, 2016This Pakistani mother was married off as a child — but she didn’t let it stop herOne in five girls in Pakistan gets married by the age of 18. Many are poor. And many get […]
October 28, 2016Amanda Parker, Interim Executive Director, on Stopping Child Marriage and Protecting ChildhoodsDear AHA Foundation Supporter, I love Halloween. Celebrations around my neighborhood bring back special childhood memories. I remember […]
October 24, 2016New rules to help end child marriage in Cameroon“I was forced into marriage by my father at the age of 14,” Faouzia Yaya, now 17, told […]
October 24, 2016Malawian chief annuls 300 child marriages, sends kids to schoolA Malawian traditional leader has taken it upon herself to discourage the prevalence of child marriages within her […]
October 24, 2016International Day of the Girl Child: Emma Watson issues impassioned plea on child marriageEmma Watson today issued an impassioned plea to end child marriage to mark the International Day of the Girl Child. The […]
October 24, 2016Pakistan passes anti-honour killings and anti-rape billsA joint session of the Parliament unanimously approved anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills moved by PPP Senator Farhatullah […]
October 24, 20168 insights to end child marriageLast year, we saw a major milestone reached in the campaign to end child marriage. The first global […]
October 24, 2016To Stop Child Marriage We Need To Stop Failing Girls At SchoolToday, International Day of the Girl Child gives us an opportunity to reflect on the perils faced by […]
October 24, 2016Child brides: The Syrian girls pushed into early marriageChild marriage is on the rise among Syrian refugees. Without the means to provide for their families, parents […]
October 24, 2016Her in-laws may have stolen her passport, but this woman escaped her abusive marriage anywayThe incredible story of one woman’s escape from a marriage arranged by her parents, as shared through Facebook […]
October 20, 2016Donor Spotlight, AHA Foundation Training Programs, 5 Things You Need To Know About Honor Violence, and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Last week, in honor of the International Day of the Girl Child, many of you […]
October 19, 2016AHA Donor Spotlight: “I Choose to Support this Organization…Because I Choose to Support Ayaan Hirsi Ali”By Karen Boone I was born in England in 1962, but moved to Nairobi, Kenya when I was […]
October 19, 2016AHA Foundation Trainings: On a Mission to Make the US a Safer Place to Be a GirlA battered but undeterred stay-at-home-mom stashing money into a cereal box to save enough to leave her abusive […]
October 18, 2016Five Things About Honor Violence You Need to Know#1 Not all honor violence results in killings Honor killings are the most extreme form of honor violence. […]
October 10, 2016‘I had to:’ Inside the mind of an ‘honour’ killer in PakistanFor generations now in Pakistan, they’ve called it “honour” killing, carried out in the name of a family’s […]
October 10, 2016Pakistan cracks down on ‘honor killers’ with passage of new lawLawmakers in Pakistan passed a much-anticipated new law that mandates a stiff penalty for those convicted of so-called […]