July 30, 2018Somalia announces first prosecution for female genital mutilation – ReutersThe image above is a stock image. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Somalia’s Attorney General Ahmed Ali Dahir […]
July 24, 2018Conflict and breakdown in law and order drive scourge of modern slavery – The TelegraphA new report has revealed the number of people around the world subject to trafficking and exploitation as […]
July 23, 201810-year-old girl bleeds to death after undergoing FGM in Somalia – CTPostJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A 10-year-old girl has bled to death after undergoing female genital mutilation in Somalia, an […]
July 16, 2018Britain holds memorial day for ‘honor killing’ victims – ReutersLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain will hold a memorial day on Saturday to remember the victims of […]
July 10, 2018Thousands of FGM cases recorded in Britain – ReutersThe girl pictured above is a stock photo and not a victim of FGM. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) […]
July 6, 2018Why Won’t Massachusetts Pass a Law to Stop FGM? – Fair ObserverThey are still not listening to us. The bills and our stories sit on a desk, unheard, undiscussed […]
July 5, 2018World risks missing goal of ending child marriage by 2030 – ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A global goal of ending child marriage by 2030 will not be […]
July 3, 2018ICE leads effort to prevent female genital mutilation at Newark Airport – U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementNEWARK, NJ – Starting on June 19, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark […]
June 26, 2018Sudan commutes death sentence for teen who killed rapist husband – CNNA Sudanese court has commuted the death sentence for teenager Noura Hussein, who killed her husband after he […]
June 26, 2018Noura in her own words: Teen who killed rapist husband shares her story – CNNSudanese teenager Noura Hussein, who is on death row for killing her 35-year-old husband, in a case that […]
June 25, 2018New Jersey law gives momentum to U.S. efforts to ban child marriage – ReutersNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New Jersey gave child advocates a boost on Friday as it became […]
June 22, 2018Can Heterodoxy Save the Academy? – Quillette“When we decided to do a conference, we weren’t sure if we would get 25 people in the […]
June 21, 2018Texas must eliminate this troubling loophole in its child marriage law – Dallas NewsDr. Trevicia Williams is a Texas child bride survivor. Her mom picked her up from ninth grade and […]
June 19, 2018Grave consequences – EurekAlert!FGM has been officially recognised as a human rights violation by the United Nations since 1992. Still, efforts […]
June 13, 2018Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 3: The Body and the Brain – SahiyoThis article is Part 3 of a seven-part series on trauma related to Female Genital Cutting. Joanna is a […]
June 12, 2018Mother convicted in landmark British case over forced marriage – USA TodayThe image above is a stock photo, not a photo of the girl in the story. LONDON — […]
June 8, 2018New Jersey Assembly Passes Bill Banning Child Marriages – The ObserverThe state Assembly gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that would make New Jersey the second […]
June 7, 2018An American 13-Year-Old, Pregnant and Married to Her Rapist – The New York TimesThe image above is a stock photo, not a photo of the girl in the story. Dawn Tyree […]
June 1, 2018More Than Half the World’s Children Are at Risk of Poverty, Conflict, and Gender Bias, Report Says – Time MagazineJune 1st is International Children’s Day and we are choosing to celebrate by remembering by 2030 it is […]
May 29, 2018New Jersey Assembly Shelves Vote on Banning Child Marriages – The ObserverThe Assembly shelved a vote Thursday on a bill that would make New Jersey the second state in […]