September 10, 2020United States Ambassador Bremer Reflects on Working to Improve Women’s Rights in Iraq Post 9/11 Like many other AHA Foundation supporters, Ambassador Bremer joined our cause after learning about the journey and work […]
September 9, 2020Why Covid school closures are making girls marry early – The GuardianSamita (not her real name) is 17 and lives in the Lamjung district of Nepal. It was never easy, […]
September 9, 2020Early Marriages in India: No Child’s Play – The DiplomatSixteen-year-old Arti Mukhia, a bright class eight student at a municipal school in Alwar, Rajasthan won’t be going […]
September 8, 2020Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Republicans should campaign hard for votes of immigrants like me who are US citizens – Fox NewsAs I watched the recently concluded Republican National Convention, I was happy to see so many immigrant stories highlighted […]
September 4, 2020NC is becoming a destination for child marriage. Help me stop it. | OPINION – Citizen-TimesLate last year, a 49-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl from Kentucky came into my office to request […]
September 3, 2020Report Names North Carolina A Top Child Marriage Hotspot – Spectrum News 1RALEIGH, N.C. – Researchers on Monday said underage marriage is linked to a host of problems throughout a […]
August 31, 2020Outcry Grows as Somalia’s Parliament Considers Bill Allowing Child Marriage – Time(JOHANNESBURG) — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage […]
August 27, 2020FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Yaser Abdel Said Now in Custody After Committing Honor Killings in 2008 – FBIYaser Abdel Said, a capital murder suspect wanted in connection with the homicide of his two teenage daughters, […]
August 27, 2020Massachusetts Bans FGM After Seven-Year Push by Survivors and AdvocatesAugust 26, 2020 It took seven years for the work to come to fruition, but on August 6 […]
August 27, 2020Back to School Uncertainties Force AHA Foundation Campus Program to ReconfigureAugust 26, 2020 The Critical Thinking Fellowship is AHA Foundation’s campus program run in partnership with another non-profit […]
August 26, 2020Imo women groups laud UNICEF, NOA over fight against Female Genital Mutilation – The GuardianSome women groups in Owerri West and Ehime Mbano Local Government areas of Imo State have lauded UNICEF […]
August 26, 2020One step at a time: UN women’s health agency helping shift dangerous social norms – UN NewsOne of the largest chiefdoms in Zambia’s Eastern Province is challenging harmful social norms, including child marriage, risky […]
August 18, 2020‘COVID generation’ risks child marriage, forced labour, ex-leaders warn – ReutersLONDON, Aug 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Former world leaders called on Tuesday for urgent global action to […]
August 14, 2020August Newsletter: Seven years of gridlock ended—FGM banned in Massachusetts, CTF kicks off new school yearI am so excited to write to you about our huge victory in Massachusetts. After seven years of […]
August 12, 2020Ayaan Hirsi Ali: What Biden needs to understand about Prophet Muhammad saying he used at Muslim voter event – Fox NewsOn July 20 presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke to Emgage Action, a Muslim advocacy group, in support of […]
August 11, 2020Ayaan Hirsi Ali responds to Biden’s comments on Islam – Tucker CarlsonOn Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News, Ayaan Hirsi Ali joined to discuss comments made by Joe Biden about […]
August 6, 2020Massachusetts Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Female Genital Mutilation – Revere JournalThe Massachusetts State Senate unanimously passed legislation to criminalize the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting, also […]
July 31, 2020Historic Bill To End Female Genital Mutilation in New Zealand – Scoop Independent NewsNew Zealand First welcomes the passage of the Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Bill today, which […]
July 31, 2020Historic Bill To End Female Genital Mutilation in New Zealand – Scoop Independent NewsNew Zealand First welcomes the passage of the Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Bill today, which […]