February 27, 2023Pakistani lawyer, digital rights activist, and member of Facebook’s Content Oversight Board Nighat Dad looks to free speech to protect women’s rights: “Free speech is not some abstract ideal. It is vital for the most vulnerable to make their voices heard.”Published 2/28/2023 Nighat Dad was born and lives in Pakistan and has worked as a lawyer and digital […]
February 27, 2023Read Now: Davinder Kaur, forced marriage survivor, on breaking free and exposing abuse against women: “We all have to play our part in ending these human rights abuses.”Published 2/28/2023 Davinder Kaur was born and raised in an Indian community in Bradford, England. At the age […]
February 9, 2023Bill in state legislature aims to stop female genital mutilation – The Northern LightBill in state legislature aims to stop female genital mutilation People who perform female genital mutilation on a […]
February 2, 2023#MenEndFGM! International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation – UN Population FundRooted in gender inequality, female genital mutilation limits opportunities for women and girls around the world to exercise […]
January 17, 2023Jacob Mchangama: “Privileging Blasphemy Norms Over Open Inquiry Plays Into the Hands of Religious Fundamentalists” – Reason MagazineHamline University has received considerable backlash for not renewing the employment of a scholar who showed an allegedly […]
January 13, 2023New university hosting ‘forbidden courses’ in effort to promote intellectual freedom – Campus ReformThe University of Austin in Texas is embracing controversial topics with a summer program called ” The Forbidden Courses.” The […]
January 13, 2023We hope this will be the year for EU-wide action on violence against women – Irish MEP in The Journal2023 HAS THE potential to be another deadly year for women. The killing of Bruna Fonseca in Cork […]
January 13, 2023Police ‘shy away from honour-based abuse cases because they fear being labelled racists’ – The TelegraphPolice sometimes do not deal with victims of honour-based abuse because of their fears of being accused of […]
January 11, 2023“Freedom is not controversial, it is universal.” AHA’s New Board Chairman Rosa Zeegers on Her Life, Career, and Hopes for AHA’s FuturePublished 1/16/2023 Rosa Zeegers has known our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali for over two decades. In that time, […]
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 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 30, 2022Sara’s Story, Part 2: A Survivor of Child Marriage in the U.S. on Why She Fights to Change the Laws That Allowed Her Abuse: “These [current] laws put minors into an impossible legal situation, and expose them to multiple forms of abuse.”Published 12/1/2022 Sara Tasneem was trapped in a marriage with a stranger when she was just 15 years […]
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 7, 2022Sara’s Story, Part 1: A Survivor of Child Marriage in the U.S. On Her Ordeal and How She Won Her Freedom: “Being married to an older man was like being a prisoner. I didn’t even have control over my own body.”Published 11/7/2022 Sara Tasneem was trapped in a marriage with a stranger when she was just 15 years […]
November 7, 2022Ngoltoingar Chantal Bayor was told she would die if she ever spoke out about undergoing FGM. This is her story of survival—and refusing to be silenced.Published 11/7/2022 Growing up in Chad, Ngoltoingar Chantal Bayor had a happy childhood—until the day she was forced […]