October 10, 2024Vilas Wright’s Powerful Story of Survival and Her Fight for a Future Free from Child MarriagePublished: 10/11/2024 On October 11th, we celebrate the International Day of the Girl, focusing this year on “Girls’ […]
March 1, 2024Washington state survivor trapped in child marriage at age 12 now advocates for an end to this abusePublished on 3/6/2024. Updated on 3/7/2024 to note that since publication, Governor Jay Inslee has signed the child […]
January 11, 2024‘When anything like this happens to a little girl, their lives are forever changed.’ Tamara’s story of surviving child marriage that began when she was 12.Published 1/12/2024 Tamara is a cult, child marriage, human trafficking, and polygamy survivor, and activist. Below, she describes […]
September 18, 2019How Genevieve became a Stepmom and Wife at 15 in AmericaAt the age of 15, Genevieve was forced into a marriage against her will. Now in her 30s, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 25, 2018Survivor of a Forced Marriage, Fraidy Reiss, Works to End Child Marriage in America’s NeighborhoodsFraidy Reiss is the Founder and Executive Director of Unchained At Last, the AHA Foundation’s sister organization that […]
October 30, 2017William and Mary Law Professor Warns Child Marriage Robs American Youth of Education and ProsperityThis month, the AHA Foundation spoke with William & Mary Law Professor, Vivian Hamilton. Professor Hamilton received her […]
June 22, 2017Shocked About Child Marriage in Massachusetts, High School Student Takes Action to Help Stop the AbuseIn Massachusetts between 2010 and 2014 almost 200 children, mostly girls were married, some as young as 15. […]
November 16, 2016Once “a Shell of a Person Living in a Haze” of Forced Marriage, Nina Van Harn Fights Back and Wins the First Case of Forced Marriage Annulment in the State of MichiganThe image most often associated with a woman or girl who is forced into marriage is that of […]