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 […]
June 5, 2013American Woman Escapes Forced Marriage in Pakistan, Honor Violence Campaign FollowsThe AHA Foundation is committed to expanding resources for women such as the one mentioned in this New […]
May 1, 2013An Open Letter to the New Jersey Committee on Women and ChildrenThe AHA Foundation is encouraging New Jersey legislators to take action on an important state Bill that will […]
January 10, 2013New Federal Law Strengthens Protections Against FGM: The AHA Foundation Supports the ‘Transport for Female Genital Mutilation Act’Since its inception, the AHA Foundation has worked to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) through advocacy, education and […]
December 28, 2012The AHA Foundation 2012 Annual ReportNew York, NY December 2012 Dear AHA Foundation Supporter: We are pleased to present the AHA Foundation 2012 […]
December 4, 2012Marching Orders: Empower Women to Forge Their Own WayThe AHA Foundation is proud to announce that our founder, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, is one of the featured […]
November 16, 2012Forced Marriage / Honor Violence in the NewsIf you don’t think forced marriage and honor-based violence are real problems in North America, recent news stories […]