October 3, 2016Tanzania: Marriage Act At Advanced Stage – MwakyembeA GOVERNMENT review of the outlived Marriage Act 1971 seeking to empower women and curb child marriage is […]
October 3, 2016Legal marrying age should be equal for woman and men in Taiwan, says legislatorThe legal age of marriage for women should be raised from 16 to 18, just as it is […]
October 3, 2016Denmark reverses decision on separating refugee ‘child brides’ from partners in asylum centersDenmark has acknowledged that its earlier decision to separate married couples in refugee centers if a spouse happened […]
October 3, 2016How a 14-year-old Syrian Refugee is Fighting to End Child MarriageOmaima Hoshan, 14, wasn’t really aware of early marriage until her best friend dropped out of school in […]
October 3, 2016Egypt approves tougher jail terms for FGMMore than nine in 10 women and girls aged 15 to 49 in Egypt have undergone FGM. Egypt has […]
September 22, 2016Five Myths About Forced Marriage, Child Bride Gabriella Gillespie Speaks About How She Escaped Forced Marriage, an Interview with Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, As summer winds down and a new school year begins, many girls are returning […]
September 20, 2016Sarah Haider, Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, Shares Her Transition to Atheism and the Need to Look Up to Fathers who Champion Women’s RightsSarah Haider is a Pakistani-born writer and activist who grew up in Texas. A practicing Shia Muslim throughout […]
September 20, 2016Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
September 20, 2016My Escape from Child Marriage to FreedomIn her guest blog, Gabriella Gillespie describes her remarkable escape from a marriage her father forced her into […]
September 19, 2016The first rule of the married girls’ club is: empower girlsFatuma was married off five years ago, when she was just 13. Like most girls from the remote […]
September 19, 2016Rights group: Nepal failing to stop child marriageIn a new report, Human Rights Watch criticised the government for failing to follow through with promises of […]
September 19, 2016Bangladesh launching Red Card Campaign to prevent child marriage, sexual harassmentThe government is going to launch a school-level campaign against child marriage and sexual harassment in Bangladesh. The country […]
September 19, 2016Parents in the firing line as child marriage continuesEVEN after education and sensitization on gender issues, some parents are still defiant. Last week, a 15 yearold […]
September 19, 2016Malala: Education For Refugee Girls Will Help Prevent Child MarriageNobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday called on world leaders to provide education to girls in refugee camps […]
September 19, 2016German officials set their sights on ‘child marriage’German officials have encountered hundreds of married minors among refugees. Judges are struggling with legal ambiguities and must […]
September 19, 2016Column: How I came to report on forced marriage — in the U.S.The beginning of my journey reporting this story began with a casual conversation with a friend at a […]
September 19, 2016A Chance Encounter On A Vacation Changed Her Life — And The Lives Of Child BridesJacqueline de Chollet of Switzerland, now 78, helped found the Veerni Institute, which gives child brides and other […]
September 19, 2016Refugee mother and daughter fight rocketing rates of child marriage“A girl I know from school here in the camp got married last year when she was 15,” […]
September 11, 2016Free Webinar on Protecting Girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the USMore than half a million of girls in the US have undergone or are at risk of being […]
September 7, 2016British woman raped before suspected ‘honor killing’ in Pakistan, police sayA British woman murdered in a suspected “honor killing” incident in Pakistan was raped before her death, Pakistani […]