September 15, 2018

September Newsletter: AHA Foundation files Amucis Curiae in first ever prosecuted FGM case, Bipartisan coalition urges Congress to add anti-FGM language to VAWA, McGill University professor sheds light on child marriage in the U.S., and more

Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, After defense lawyers challenged the federal law’s constitutionality in the first-ever prosecuted female genital mutilation […]
July 19, 2017

While His State Makes the News Due to Cases of Genital Mutilation, This Michigan Physician Argues for Cutting Off the Roots of the Practice

Dr. Mohammed Arsiwala is a board certified internist who practices urgent care medicine in Southeast Michigan. He is […]
May 24, 2017

You Can Help End FGM in the United States

Little girls are having their genitals mutilated right here in the United States. Though we’ve known it was […]
April 11, 2017

Anthony Freda and the Use of Art to Promote Human Rights and Peace

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily […]
March 22, 2017

New York is Stepping Up to End Child Marriage – Can They Do Even More?

By Amanda Parker, AHA Foundation Senior Director Child Marriage in the US Each day around the world thousands […]
March 22, 2017

Meet George Zarubin, AHA Foundation’s New Executive Director

The AHA Foundation is thrilled to announce that after an extensive search, George Zarubin has been chosen to […]
December 22, 2016

2016 Annual Report

From Ayaan’s vision of a future where women and girls are free to live lives of their own […]
October 19, 2016

AHA 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, 2016

AHA Foundation Trainings: On a Mission to Make the US a Safer Place to Be a Girl

A battered but undeterred stay-at-home-mom stashing money into a cereal box to save enough to leave her abusive […]
October 18, 2016

Five 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, 2016

Sarah 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 Rights

Sarah Haider is a Pakistani-born writer and activist who grew up in Texas. A practicing Shia Muslim throughout […]
September 20, 2016

Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask

1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
April 22, 2016

Liberal Critiques of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

As a one of the world’s preeminent advocates for women and the head of a foundation dedicated to the […]
March 24, 2015

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Discusses ‘Heretic,” Women’s Rights, on ‘Hannity’

Ayaan Hirsi Ali stopped by Hannity to discuss the ideas behind her new book, Heretic, and why a […]
December 28, 2012

The AHA Foundation 2012 Annual Report

New York, NY December 2012 Dear AHA Foundation Supporter: We are pleased to present the AHA Foundation 2012 […]