January 11, 2024‘When anything like this happens to a little girl, their lives are forever changed.’ Tamara’s story of surviving child marriage that began when she was 12.Published 1/12/2024 Tamara is a cult, child marriage, human trafficking, and polygamy survivor, and activist. Below, she describes […]
December 8, 2023This year, AHA Foundation tended the flame of liberty with your help: AHA’s 2023 achievementsUpdated 3/27/24 Impact numbers updated to include AHA’s impact through the end of December 2023. 2023 has been […]
September 28, 2023Thanks to AHA’s supporters, we achieved a HUGE victory against child marriage in Michigan!Published 9/29/2023 AHA Foundation is delighted to share the news with you that just days ago, Gretchen Whitmer, […]
July 14, 2023AHA’s Michigan child marriage victory marks a major milestone – thanks to all our supporters!Published 7/14/2023 Below, you can read a message from our Director of Policy and Women’s Programs Michele Hanash […]
July 14, 2023House panel weighs bills ending child marriage in Michigan – Michigan AdvanceForty-two states currently allow child marriage and seven states have no statutory minimum age, including Michigan. Proponents and […]
May 1, 2023AHA’s Disruption for Good continues with two huge victories against FGM and child marriage in Washington and VermontPublished 5/5/2023 AHA Foundation is thrilled to share the news of two major victories: on April 20, legislation […]
April 27, 2023Honoring the mothers—the survivors and activists—whose bravery inspires and fuels our movementJenny, FGM survivor and activist from Kentucky “I decided to start talking about what happened to me for […]
April 27, 2023Inspired by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Natalie Arroyo joined AHA while still in college and just gave her first testimony against child marriage in Texas: “Being able to help protect girls from this abuse is incredibly rewarding and makes me feel inspired to do even more.”Published 5/4/2023 When she first learned that female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage happen in the U.S., […]
March 29, 2023Read AHA Foundation’s 2022 Annual Report Now: 15 Years of Disruption for GoodPublished 3/30/2023 2022 marked 15 years of AHA Foundation’s impact, and it was a year full of victories […]
March 22, 2023Become a Disruptor for Good Now – A Message From AHA’s Executive Director on AHA’s $15,000 Spring Matching Gift CampaignPublished 3/23/2023 How can disruption be a positive force—and how can you become a Disruptor for Good? Read […]
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 […]
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 9, 2022 A Year of Amazing Impact, All Thanks To You: AHA Foundation’s 2022 AchievementsPublished 15/12/2022 2022 has been a dizzying and sometimes scary year for all of us. From the continuing […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
August 15, 2022Will Massachusetts’s Stand Against Child Marriage Spur the Rest of the Nation to Act Against this Child Abuse?Published 8/16/2022 On July 28, Massachusetts finally banned child marriage after years of activism from AHA Foundation and […]