January 10, 2023Read Now: AHA Foundation’s Top 5 Blogs of 2022Published 1/13/2023 These are the top 5 stories that resonated most with AHA Foundation’s supporters in 2022. We […]
December 16, 2022Child marriage is still legal in Michigan as fight continues to change the law – WXYZ DetroitThe age minimum for getting married in Michigan may shock you. Technically it is age zero. There is […]
December 9, 2022 A Year of Amazing Impact, All Thanks To You: AHA Foundation’s 2022 AchievementsPublished 15/12/2022 2022 has been a dizzying and sometimes scary year for all of us. From the continuing […]
December 8, 2022AHA Foundation honored for work against FGM by LawWorks as recipient of their Best International Pro Bono Award 2022Published 8/12/2022 The team at AHA Foundation was honored and humbled to receive, alongside our partners at the […]
December 6, 2022Strengthen Opposition to Female Genital Mutilation – AHA Senior Director in DC JournalAHA Foundation’s Senior Director Amanda Parker co-wrote with Andrea Bottner a call to stand up against the injustice […]
December 5, 2022US Man Married 20 Young Girls, Including His Daughter; Also Accused of Child Trafficking: Report – Jagran EnglishA 46-year-old American man has been accused of marrying several young girls, including his own daughter, according to […]
December 5, 2022More than 400 West Yorkshire honour based crimes in two years – Telegraph and ArgusThere have been more than 400 honour based abuse crimes in the past two years in West Yorkshire. […]
December 5, 2022Liberia: FGM Bush Schools Still Operational Despite Three-Year Moratorium – FrontPage AfricaSchools are now open in Liberia, but 14-year-old Tutugirl has not joined her classmates. Tutugirl says it has […]
December 5, 2022Female genital mutilation: What it will take to end a dangerous tradition? – France 24More than 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) across 30 countries, according to […]
November 7, 2022UK joins international treaty to prevent violence against women – BBC NewsAfter a 10 year delay, an international treaty to combat violence against women has been integrated into UK […]
November 3, 2022Ayaan Hirsi Ali: On my birthday, you can help AHA Foundation unlock $50,000Dear Friend, Last month, AHA Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary. 15 years! I can hardly believe that it’s […]
November 2, 2022The Oxymoron of Child Marriage in the United States – Sophie Forstner in Brown Political ReviewIn spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that […]
November 2, 2022Iran protests rage on in defiance of crackdown – France 24Iranians staged new protest actions to denounce the country’s theocratic regime in defiance of a crackdown that is […]
November 2, 2022Thank goodness we have Scottish courts defending free speech – Murdo Fraser in The ScotsmanIt was Voltaire’s biographer, rather than the man himself, who came up with the phrase: “I hate what […]
October 18, 2022 AHA Celebrates 15 Years of Defending Freedoms in the U.S. Watch Our Anniversary Video and Read a Special Message from Ayaan Hirsi AliNote: this post was adapted from our October 2022 newsletter, in which AHA celebrated 15 years of defending […]
October 18, 2022September 2022 Newsletter: AHA and Ayaan Hirsi Ali respond to Salman Rushdie attackDear Friend, Last month, I was horrified at the news of the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie. I […]
October 18, 2022July/August 2022 Newsletter: NEW milestones and victories—thanks to YOU!Dear Friend, There have been so many exciting developments and so much great news recently, I don’t know […]
October 12, 2022On AHA Foundation’s 15th anniversary, we look to the future: AHA Executive Director George Zarubin unveils our revamped missionPublished 10/19/2022 15 Years of Achievements I still can’t quite believe that it’s been over 5 years since […]
October 11, 2022AHA Foundation Board Chairman Chris DeMuth reflects on his friendship with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and AHA’s 15 years defending liberty for allPublished 10/19/2022 How I became friends with Ayaan Hirsi Ali I was one of the first of millions […]
October 5, 2022Free speech in universities: new data reveals student and public perceptions – King’s College London News CentreThere is strong agreement among students that their university is protecting freedom of expression and robust debate, as […]