AHA Foundation news on child marriage and forced marriage
November 7, 2017
FIU professor Sandy Skelaney and graduate student Allison Sardinas have been making the rounds in Tallahassee on a mission to […]
November 6, 2017
Sitting on the floor and dressed in black, the 15-year-old held her baby as panicked tears welled in […]
November 6, 2017
If you think child marriage is a thing of the past, think again: Here in America, tens of […]
October 31, 2017
Nine countries have in recent years made positive changes in their laws that protect children from marrying before […]
October 30, 2017
Sitting on the floor and dressed in black, the 15-year-old held her baby as panicked tears welled in […]
October 26, 2017
Lawmakers want to “delay, but not deny” the ability of those under 18 to wed, state Rep. Lori Berman said at […]
October 25, 2017
Sherry Johnson was 11 years old when she was forced to marry her 20-year-old rapist through a loophole […]
October 25, 2017
African political leaders, activists, and local chiefs joined forces on Monday to commit to ending child marriage in […]
October 25, 2017
Angel was 13 when her mother forced her to marry and start a family. “I felt like a […]
October 25, 2017
This piece was originally published in Florida newspaper, The Sun Sentinel, on Tuesday 24th October, 2017. The flood of […]
October 23, 2017
Schoolgirl Alima Ka woke to hear voices singing and her parents by her bed, telling her they had […]
October 20, 2017
Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India, which has […]
October 20, 2017
It’s been a funny week. I’m in Kabul, Afghanistan, launching a new Human Rights Watch report I wrote […]
October 16, 2017
At least 20,000 girls under the age of 18 married with judicial consent in 2017 in the U.S. […]
October 13, 2017
About 1.1 billion girls live in the world today, but not all live equally. The United Nations observes Oct. 11 […]