December 5, 2019Advocates push to outlaw child marriage in Michigan, citing sexual abuse concerns – Michigan AdvanceThe state Legislature has yet to take up a bipartisan bill package that would outlaw child marriages by […]
November 26, 2019November Newsletter: Uniting voices of ex-Muslims and Muslim reformers; Joanna Vergoth helps FGM survivors deal with traumaDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Two years ago, after working on my bestselling book Heretic it became clear to me that […]
November 26, 2019Advocates Push for Law Banning Female Genital Mutilation in Kentucky – Spectrum News 1FRANKFORT, Ky. – It’s an uncomfortable topic but one that advocates say needs to be talked about. AHA Foundation, […]
November 19, 2019Amplifying and Uniting Voices of Muslim Reformers and ex-Muslims In our mission to bring our Founder’s ideas into practice, this October, in cooperation with the Hoover […]
November 18, 2019Joanna Vergoth Helps Survivors Deal With the Psychological Consequences of Female Genital MutilationJoanna Vergoth is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in trauma. For the last 20 years she has dedicated herself […]
November 6, 2019Female genital mutilation survivor educates Tech community – DailyToreader.comFemale genital mutilation is a human rights issue impacting girls and women around the world, yet many people […]
November 5, 2019Female Genital Mutilation: A Survivor’s Story at Texas Tech UniversityVideo Link: Event Description: Female Genital Mutilation: A Survivor’s Story took place Tuesday, November 5 at […]
November 4, 2019“I was a passport to this man”: Bill to close child marriage loopholes languishes in Congress – CBS NewsNaila Amin was just 13 years old when her parents took her from her home in Queens, New […]
November 1, 2019CBSN Originals: Child marriage – CBS NewsIn 2018, Delaware and New Jersey became the first states to ban marriage under the age of 18 […]
October 26, 2019October Newsletter: Ayaan speaks at Pepperdine University, U.S.-born FGM survivor tells her story, and a progress update on the fight against FGM in the U.S.Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, On International Day of the Girl Child last week, thousands of supporters, people like you, […]
October 16, 2019Vulnerable teenage girls to be targeted in airport bathrooms to stop them from being taken overseas and forced into arranged marriages – Daily MailAirport bathrooms will be targeted as part of a new campaign to crackdown on predators who are forcing […]
October 3, 2019When health workers harm: the medicalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt – UNFPACAIRO, Egypt – Female genital mutilation has been outlawed in Egypt for more than a decade, but it remains […]
October 1, 2019The (Transformative) Power of Women at Pepperdine UniversityVideo Link: Event Description: After facing repeated attempts, some of which were successful, to ban her […]
September 26, 2019Vermont lawmakers urged to ban female genital mutilation – VT DiggerAn anti-female genital mutilation organization is urging Vermont lawmakers, and those from 15 other states, to enact laws […]
September 26, 2019September Newsletter: No justice for victims in first federal case against FGM in the U.S., stepmom and wife at the age of 15, AHA Foundation on the frontlines of educating professionals about FGM and child marriageDear AHA Foundation Supporter, As somebody who cares about protecting girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) in the […]
September 25, 2019It’s All About Health for Women and Girls: Ghada Khan on Ending FGM – Philanthropy WomenAn estimated 3.9 million girls around the world are at risk of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) […]
September 20, 2019Court Denies House Motion to Intervene in Michigan FGM Case – Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE For immediate release – Friday September 20, 2019 Court Denies House Motion to Intervene in Michigan […]
September 19, 2019No Justice for Victims in First Federal Case Against FGM in the U.S.Originally published on 9/19/2019 No Justice for Victims in First Federal Case Against FGM in the U.S. AHA […]
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, […]
September 17, 2019Texas Man Convicted Of Killing His Daughter’s Husband And Her Best Friend In ‘Honor Killings’ – OxygenWhen Nesreen Irsan, a 23-year-old Muslim, ran away from home, converted to Christianity and married her American boyfriend, Coty Beavers, no […]