June 17, 201930 States Have Inadequate Anti-FGM Legislation. Here’s What They Can Do to Make the Grade.Over the past two decades, the number of girls estimated to have undergone or be at risk of […]
June 13, 2019Alberta leads Canada in child marriage rate – Edmonton JournalAlberta leads the country in the rate of child marriages, according to new research, issuing 791 licences to […]
June 10, 2019State House Votes For Ban On Child Marriages In Pennsylvania – CBS PittsburgHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A ban on Pennsylvania marriages when either party is under 18 is moving ahead […]
June 7, 2019Decree bans marriage for children under 18, eliminates exceptions – Mexico Daily NewsA decree published on Tuesday by the federal government banned marriage for children under 18 in 31 out […]
June 7, 2019World leaders urged to make female circumcision a priority like HIV – ReutersVANCOUVER, Canada (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) should be made a global priority like […]
June 5, 2019AHA Fellow on Hosting Campus Events Despite Protests and PushbackMohamed Ali is a sophomore at the University of Rochester studying physics and philosophy. He joined the Critical […]
June 5, 2019Founding Member of the U.K.’s National FGM Centre Uses Her Expertise to Help Girls in the U.S.Lisa Brett is a Senior Consultant for AHA Foundation. She previously worked in manufacturing before joining the Voluntary […]
June 5, 2019U.S. House Passes Resolution Officially Recognizing Female Genital Mutilation As A ‘Human Rights Violation’ – NewsweekThe House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan resolution denouncing the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) and […]
June 5, 2019EDITORIAL: Make 18 the minimum age for marriage in Pa.When Republican state Rep. Jesse Topper of Bedford County and Democratic counterpart Warren Perry of Bucks County recently […]
June 5, 2019Forced marriage cases reported in Britain jump to record high – ReutersLONDON, May 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of calls to a specialist British unit tackling forced […]
June 5, 2019Teachers told to look out for signs of female genital mutilation during ‘cutting season’ – Metro NewsSome girls may be at greater risk of female genital mutilation over the next few months, a charity […]
June 5, 2019Louisiana lawmakers reject bill to set a minimum marriage age – NBC NewsLouisiana lawmakers rejected a bill on Sunday that would have set a minimum age to marry and instead rewrote the […]
May 14, 2019This summer, I’ll attend the wedding of a child bride in the Deep South — the same place where my 32-year-old friend is a grandmotherOne day this summer, in the sweltering heat of exurban Atlanta’s Deep South Side, south of Jonesboro but […]
May 1, 2019Congress fights to save historic female genital mutilation case – Detroit Free PressIn a move that could revive Detroit’s historic female genital mutilation prosecution, Congress has intervened in the case, […]
April 29, 2019Dr. Ottenheimer, a Gynecologist on the Frontline of Helping Female Genital Mutilation SurvivorsDr. Deborah Ottenheimer is one of the few doctors in the U.S. who specialize in care to survivors […]
April 29, 2019Naila Amin, Forced Marriage Survivor, Uses Her Past Experiences to Drive Her ActivismAHA Foundation: When you were 15 years old, your parents brought you to Pakistan and there, you were […]
April 23, 2019HATE: Why We Should Combat It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, at University of Notre DameVideo Link: https://www.facebook.com/TheCriticalThinkingUnit/videos/3162040067155489/ Event Description: Nadine Strossen, the youngest-ever and first female serving president of the […]
April 17, 2019Female mutilation law earns support – Neighbors Newspaper*The original article mistakenly says 22 states have yet to criminalize FGM, the accurate number is 19 because […]
April 16, 2019Preventing FGM in the U.S. and North Carolina, at University of North Carolina at Chapel HillVideo Link: Event Description: AHA Senior Director Amanda Parker spoke to students at the University of […]
April 15, 2019Nevada lawmakers consider raising marriage age to 18 – Las Vegas Review-JournalCARSON CITY — As Nevada lawmakers weigh an outright ban on marriage before age 18, data from the […]