May 12, 2021California State Northridge: Child Marriage in CaliforniaWatch: Event Description: Speakers Fraidy Reiss, Forced Marriage survivor and Founder of Unchained at Last, and Amanda Parker, […]
April 29, 2021North Carolina State University: FGM/C The Hidden Practice That Changes LivesWatch: Event Description: Speakers F.A. Cole, FGM survivor, Mariya Taher, FGM survivor and Sahiyo Founder, Amanda Parker, AHA […]
March 15, 2021University of Connecticut: Free Speech and Minority Rights: Perspectives of a Danish Blasphemer and an American HomosexualWatch: Event Description: This panel, “Free Speech and Minority Rights: Perspectives of a Danish Blasphemer and an American […]
February 11, 2021Ohio University: How Can We End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? A survivor’s perspectiveWatch: Event Description: Nimco Ali is a British Somali feminist, social activist, and survivor of female genital mutilation […]
November 5, 2020American University: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: How One Woman Turned Her Pain into AdvocacyWatch: Event Description: A survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), child sexual assault, and rape, F.A. Cole […]
October 7, 2020Surviving Child Marriage in the United States: Yes, it happens here too. Legally.Event Description: This event screened a short film called “Speaking Frankly: Child Marriage” by CBS Originals and featured […]
May 12, 2020Why Laws Against Child Marriage Are Now Needed More Than EverBoth Pennsylvania and Minnesota recently voted unanimously to ban child marriage, becoming the third and fourth states in […]
May 1, 2020Bill to end child marriage in Pa. sent to governor – ABC 27HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Legislation to prohibit marriage before the age of 18, unanimously passed the House and […]
April 29, 2020Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic – UNFPAUNITED NATIONS, New York – A clear view of the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is only beginning […]
March 13, 2020New Hampshire House votes to eliminate child marriage – Eagle TimesCONCORD — The New Hampshire House voted Wednesday to raise the age for marriage in the state to […]
March 4, 2020Courtney Stodden married Doug Hutchison when she was 16. Now it’s over – CNN(CNN)Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison stirred controversy when they married in 2011. She was 16 at the time, […]
February 22, 2020Harvard University: Make America Dinner Again (MADA) Roundtable DiscussionEvent Description: On February 22, 2020, ten students with diverging viewpoints at Harvard University gathered to eat dinner […]
February 18, 2020‘We don’t want our girls to get married’: Push to raise wedding age to 18 – Minnesota Star TribuneAn effort to raise Minnesota’s legal marriage age to 18 without exception appears to be gaining traction at […]
February 13, 2020Bill to restrict child marriages in Wyoming defeated in the House – Casper Star TribuneCHEYENNE — For the second straight year, the Wyoming House of Representatives voted down a bill to restrict […]
January 28, 2020Increasing resilience is key to overcoming adversity, author says – Colorado Arts and Science MagazineAyaan Hirsi Ali says people who view themselves as victims are holding themselves and society back, and she […]
December 16, 20192019 Impact Report VideoDuring this time of reflection on the past year, we look back at the challenges we have overcome […]
December 12, 2019‘Big Sisters’ ride to rescue of Nepali child brides – ReutersSURKHET, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – If it wasn’t for her self-annointed “Big Sister”, Punam Pun Magar would […]
December 5, 2019Advocates push to outlaw child marriage in Michigan, citing sexual abuse concerns – Michigan AdvanceThe state Legislature has yet to take up a bipartisan bill package that would outlaw child marriages by […]
November 4, 2019“I was a passport to this man”: Bill to close child marriage loopholes languishes in Congress – CBS NewsNaila Amin was just 13 years old when her parents took her from her home in Queens, New […]
November 1, 2019CBSN Originals: Child marriage – CBS NewsIn 2018, Delaware and New Jersey became the first states to ban marriage under the age of 18 […]