June 17, 201930 States Have Inadequate Anti-FGM Legislation. Here’s What They Can Do to Make the Grade.Over the past two decades, the number of girls estimated to have undergone or be at risk of […]
June 5, 2019AHA Fellow on Hosting Campus Events Despite Protests and PushbackMohamed Ali is a sophomore at the University of Rochester studying physics and philosophy. He joined the Critical […]
June 5, 2019Founding Member of the U.K.’s National FGM Centre Uses Her Expertise to Help Girls in the U.S.Lisa Brett is a Senior Consultant for AHA Foundation. She previously worked in manufacturing before joining the Voluntary […]
April 30, 2019AHA Foundation’s Amanda Parker Calls for Gender Equality Under the LawThe rights and safety of women should not be left to the interpretations of individuals or changing attitudes; […]
April 29, 2019Dr. Ottenheimer, a Gynecologist on the Frontline of Helping Female Genital Mutilation SurvivorsDr. Deborah Ottenheimer is one of the few doctors in the U.S. who specialize in care to survivors […]
April 29, 2019Naila Amin, Forced Marriage Survivor, Uses Her Past Experiences to Drive Her ActivismAHA Foundation: When you were 15 years old, your parents brought you to Pakistan and there, you were […]
April 12, 2019Feats and frustrations: 2019 developments in the battle against FGMA major setback at the federal level after the Department of Justice declines to appeal the recent U.S. […]
March 25, 2019A Passion Born From a Girl Scout Project Keeps New Hampshire Representative Levesque Fighting to End Child Marriage in the United StatesJust a few years ago Rep. Levesque was a teenager who dedicated her Girl Scout Gold Award project […]
March 21, 2019AHA Foundation Campus Fellows Share How They Expand Students’ Horizons on North American UniversitiesThe Critical Thinking Fellowship (CTF) works to alert and activate students about dangerous traditional practices such as female genital […]
March 19, 2019New Federal Legislation Will Curb Thousands of Child Marriages in the U.S.Senators introduce legislation that would eliminate an immigration visa loophole that enables child marriage. AHA Foundation calls on […]
March 7, 2019International Women’s Day – A Day of Celebration and Renewed CommitmentThe fight against women’s oppression and abuse is not a thing of the past. Even in the Western […]
February 26, 2019How One Person Can Spark a Lasting Change – A Social Worker from Connecticut Shares Lessons in Successful AdvocacyBrian Donahue, a social worker from Connecticut and a parent of three children, spends his free time advocating […]
February 26, 2019Nicholas Syrett Exposes Forgotten History of Child Marriage in the United StatesNicholas L. Syrett is a Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the chair of the department […]
February 6, 2019Cutting Away the Sexual Ferocity of Babies; A Blog by CTF Fellow on Zero Tolerance Policies for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)Grace Roebuck is a junior at Vassar College and a fellow of AHA Foundation campus program, Critical Thinking […]
January 31, 2019Protecting Girls from Genital Mutilation in MassachusettsSince 2013, AHA Foundation has been working in the state of Massachusetts to criminalize female genital mutilation (FGM). […]
January 30, 2019AHA Foundation’s Most Shared Blogs of 2018With the new year upon us, we invite you to look back with us and catch up on […]
January 23, 2019Student Activists Fighting for Social Justice at HarvardNatalie Le, author of this blog, is a student at Harvard University pursuing a master’s degree in government. […]
January 11, 2019AHA Foundation was first to expose immigration loophole that enables child marriage in the U.S.While responding to requests for help from girls at risk and survivors of forced and child marriage over […]
December 22, 2018Annual Report 2018: A Year of Triumphs and Setbacks Charts a Pathway for a Bold 2030 VisionOver the past ten years, AHA Foundation has laid the groundwork for strong, results-driven programs that fight oppression […]
December 11, 2018FGM Survivor Voices: “I just believe by now, civilization should have stopped such an act.”Below you will find two videos of survivors speaking about being forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). […]