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May 1, 2019
In a move that could revive Detroit’s historic female genital mutilation prosecution, Congress has intervened in the case, […]
April 17, 2019
*The original article mistakenly says 22 states have yet to criminalize FGM, the accurate number is 19 because […]
April 15, 2019
CARSON CITY — As Nevada lawmakers weigh an outright ban on marriage before age 18, data from the […]
April 4, 2019
Our state Legislature just failed to ban the barbaric procedure known as female genital mutilation (FGM). About half […]
April 2, 2019
The image above is a stock image. Heather was a beautiful bride. She said her vows outside under […]
April 1, 2019
In 2017, when California state Sen. Jerry Hill heard about a local 12-year-old girl getting married to a […]
March 28, 2019
Angel Dwyer’s family came to North Idaho for the beautiful log cabin home they were able to buy […]
March 27, 2019
The image above is a stock image. Hearing Room A-2 at the Massachusetts State House fell quiet Tuesday […]
March 21, 2019
An extremely sick Queensland woman who took her two daughters to Somalia for genital mutilation will go to […]
March 21, 2019
CONCORD — The House tabled state Rep. Cassie Levesque’s latest attempt to end child marriage Tuesday, but she […]
March 20, 2019
A N.C. Senate bill that would ban female genital mutilation cleared its first committee step Tuesday. Senate Bill […]
March 13, 2019
Republican senators introduced a bill Wednesday to close loopholes in U.S. immigration law that have allowed thousands of […]
March 13, 2019
The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to ban female genital mutilation and charge those who perform the procedure […]
March 11, 2019
The revolution that swept through Iran 40 years ago ruptured all diplomatic ties between Iran and the United […]
March 8, 2019
The image above is a stock photo. Believe it or not child marriage is not just an ancient […]