May 4, 2015Honor Killings in America – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in ‘The Atlantic’Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, gets it. “I don’t see,” he told me this week, “how […]
April 16, 2015“My Story” by Knackered**This blog was submitted to the AHA Foundation as part of an “I Am Inspired by Ayaan” Call […]
April 15, 2015“Anyone (Even Myself) Can Fight in a ‘War of Ideas'” by John A.**This blog was submitted to the AHA Foundation as part of an “I Am Inspired by Ayaan” Call […]
April 15, 2015“My Atheist Sister” by Simone G.**This blog was submitted to the AHA Foundation as part of an “I Am Inspired by Ayaan” Call […]
March 24, 2015Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation NowFrom Ayaan’s Desktop I have dedicated my life to speaking out when my conscience guides me to […]
February 20, 2015The Key to Fighting Radical Extremism and Terror: A Response to President Obama’s State of the Union AddressIn his recent State of the Union address, President Obama spoke about the U.S. taking a support role […]
January 10, 2015Gender Equality Is a Powerful Weapon Against Radical ExtremismOutrageous. Ten journalists and two policemen murdered in cold blood in Paris. As a career-long fighter for human […]
May 19, 2014“Boko Haram sincerely believes that girls are better off enslaved than educated.” – Ayaan Hirsi AliIn case you missed it, please take a moment to read Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s recent article on Boko […]
April 1, 2014Breakthrough: The UK Prosecutes Its First FGM CasesThirty years after first banning the practice, the UK announced last month that it will prosecute its first […]
March 13, 2014Moral Courage and a Love Marriage“As a child, I was told that a good Afghan girl does not do anything that will bring […]
February 5, 2014Lessons from the Shafia Mass Honor KillingDuring the AHA Foundation’s Third Annual Conference on Honor Violence, Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation, held in […]
December 20, 2013The AHA Foundation 2013 Annual ReportNew York, NY December 2013 Dear AHA Supporter: We are pleased to present to you the AHA Foundation […]
November 20, 2013Meet Kamala KhanThere’s a new superhero in town, and she’s not your typical white guy in a cape. The newest […]
October 31, 2013New Statistics on Child Marriage Around the WorldThe International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Girls Not Brides (GNB) have examined the practice of […]
October 9, 2013Fighting Sudan’s Legitimized Honor ViolenceAmira Osman Hamed is a Sudanese woman facing a punishment of forty lashes for not wearing a headscarf […]
September 24, 2013Wedding Season: Forced Marriage in the U.S.Fall is in the air and wedding season is drawing to a close. You may have spent the […]
August 20, 2013FGM is Not Female Circumcision, and Other Thoughts on TerminologyIn our advocacy and awareness-raising efforts, the AHA Foundation uses the term female genital mutilation (“FGM”), but you […]
August 1, 2013Positive News in the Fight Against Female Genital MutilationOn Monday, July 22nd, UNICEF released its report on the state of female genital mutilation (“FGM”) around the […]
July 2, 2013Forced Marriage and the Many Faces of Human TraffickingLast week, the State Department released its 2013 annual report on Trafficking in Persons, which found that 27 […]
June 13, 2013Closing the Forced Marriage Loophole Through Immigration ReformImmigration reform has become one of the most partisan issues being debated on Capitol Hill and promises to […]