November 4, 2016Problem of Child Marriage in Malawi Linked to PovertyAccording to Girls Not Brides, Malawi has the highest rate of child marriages worldwide, with roughly one in […]
November 4, 2016Parliamentarians key in ending child marriagesZimbabwe joined the AU Campaign to end child marriages in mid-2015. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and […]
November 4, 2016Hidden Connections: Climate Change & Child Marriage in BangledeshIt was after floods washed away her family’s river-front land in Bangladesh’s northern Jamalpur district that Brishti Rafiq’s […]
November 4, 2016Syrian girls are being pushed into child marriage in Lebanese refugee campsRates of child marriage have increased dramatically as a result of mass migration worldwide. Humanitarian crises greatly exacerbate […]
November 4, 2016Photo Essay: Acting and Chatting to End Early Marriage in MalawiWhen Malawi passed a law banning child marriage last year, activists applauded it as a significant first step […]
November 4, 2016Unchained at Last founded by ex-Orthodox Jewish bride aids women and girls escape forced marriagesIn 2011, Fraidy Reiss founded Unchained at Last, a New Jersey nonprofit that has helped 250 girls and women […]
November 3, 2016Vietnam hosts a national workshop to end child marriageChild marriage is prevalent across Vietnam, with almost all localities recording child marriage cases, which have serious consequences […]
November 3, 2016Five year child marriage eradication project launched in GhanaA five-year project aimed at eradicating child marriage in some parts of the country has been launched in […]
November 3, 2016Why the world depends on our attitude towards ten-year-old girlsA new report by the United Nation Population Fund finds that our collective future rests on how we support the world’s 60 […]
October 28, 2016This Pakistani mother was married off as a child — but she didn’t let it stop herOne in five girls in Pakistan gets married by the age of 18. Many are poor. And many get […]
October 28, 2016Amanda Parker, Interim Executive Director, on Stopping Child Marriage and Protecting ChildhoodsDear AHA Foundation Supporter, I love Halloween. Celebrations around my neighborhood bring back special childhood memories. I remember […]
October 24, 2016New rules to help end child marriage in Cameroon“I was forced into marriage by my father at the age of 14,” Faouzia Yaya, now 17, told […]
October 24, 2016Malawian chief annuls 300 child marriages, sends kids to schoolA Malawian traditional leader has taken it upon herself to discourage the prevalence of child marriages within her […]
October 19, 2016AHA Foundation Trainings: On a Mission to Make the US a Safer Place to Be a GirlA battered but undeterred stay-at-home-mom stashing money into a cereal box to save enough to leave her abusive […]
September 20, 2016Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
September 20, 2016My Escape from Child Marriage to FreedomIn her guest blog, Gabriella Gillespie describes her remarkable escape from a marriage her father forced her into […]
August 17, 2016An Interview with Nazir Afzal, UK’s Chief Executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, on Criminalization of Forced MarriageNazir Afzal OBE, honor violence expert from the UK’s Chief Executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, […]
August 17, 2016The AHA Foundation Supports the Criminalization of Forced MarriageThroughout the history of the AHA Foundation, we have come down firmly on the side of outlawing and […]
April 25, 2016Tent Dealers in India Protest Child MarriageIn a sign of protest against child marriage, 47,000 tent dealers in India have refused to sell their […]
April 5, 2016Child Marriage in the United StatesChild marriage is a problem throughout the world, including in the United States. Most states set the legal […]