January 25, 2017AHA Foundation Staff 2017 ResolutionsAs we transition into 2017, the AHA staff wishes you all the best in fulfilling your New Year’s […]
January 24, 2017AHA’s Most Popular Blog Posts of 2016With the new year, we invite you to look back with us and catch up on the AHA […]
December 22, 20162016 Annual ReportFrom Ayaan’s vision of a future where women and girls are free to live lives of their own […]
December 13, 2016Khadija Gbla, Survivor of Female Genital Mutilation, Turned Her Anger with Injustice Into Action to Protect Girls at Risk of FGMSince she was only 13 years old, FGM survivor Khadija Gbla has been an outspoken advocate working to […]
November 16, 2016With her First Novel, “Stained,” Abda Khan Gives Voice and Hope to Thousands Suffering in the Name of HonorIn her first novel Stained, Abda Khan, a British-Pakistani lawyer, portrays the struggles of an immigrant girl who […]
November 16, 2016Once “a Shell of a Person Living in a Haze” of Forced Marriage, Nina Van Harn Fights Back and Wins the First Case of Forced Marriage Annulment in the State of MichiganThe image most often associated with a woman or girl who is forced into marriage is that of […]
October 19, 2016AHA Donor Spotlight: “I Choose to Support this Organization…Because I Choose to Support Ayaan Hirsi Ali”By Karen Boone I was born in England in 1962, but moved to Nairobi, Kenya when I was […]
October 19, 2016AHA Foundation Trainings: On a Mission to Make the US a Safer Place to Be a GirlA battered but undeterred stay-at-home-mom stashing money into a cereal box to save enough to leave her abusive […]
October 18, 2016Five Things About Honor Violence You Need to Know#1 Not all honor violence results in killings Honor killings are the most extreme form of honor violence. […]
September 20, 2016Sarah Haider, Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, Shares Her Transition to Atheism and the Need to Look Up to Fathers who Champion Women’s RightsSarah Haider is a Pakistani-born writer and activist who grew up in Texas. A practicing Shia Muslim throughout […]
September 20, 2016Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
September 20, 2016My Escape from Child Marriage to FreedomIn her guest blog, Gabriella Gillespie describes her remarkable escape from a marriage her father forced her into […]
September 11, 2016Free Webinar on Protecting Girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the USMore than half a million of girls in the US have undergone or are at risk of being […]
August 25, 2016Should Forced Marriage Be Banned in the US, Former Chief UK Prosecutor Helps Expose Honor Violence, Child Marriage Bill in New Jersey and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, Across our country parents are wrapping up summer activities and preparing for the start of […]
August 17, 2016An Interview with Nazir Afzal, UK’s Chief Executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, on Criminalization of Forced MarriageNazir Afzal OBE, honor violence expert from the UK’s Chief Executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, […]
August 17, 2016The AHA Foundation Supports the Criminalization of Forced MarriageThroughout the history of the AHA Foundation, we have come down firmly on the side of outlawing and […]
July 20, 2016A Filmmaker Stands Up to Honor Violence: An Interview with Vibha GulatiVibha at work on set with director Danis Tanovic. When a friend or family member is murdered […]
July 19, 2016Behind the Scenes of the AHA Foundation – From the Intern’s PerspectiveI came to AHA in my senior year of college, with a background in theatre and politics – […]
June 15, 2016“I heard things I could not imagine”: a Kenyan Activist Reveals How He Became a Voice Against FGMAs female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to claim lives of women around the world, and at the onset […]