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 […]
October 6, 2020Coronavirus risks ‘greatest surge in child marriages in 25 years’ – BBC NewsThe coronavirus pandemic could lead to a spike in child marriages globally, reversing 25 years of progress on […]
October 6, 2020‘So old he was losing his hair’: survivors urge MPs to end scandal of UK’s child brides – The GuardianWhen Payzee Mahmod was married at 16 to a man nearly twice her age she didn’t understand the […]
October 6, 2020Sydney woman tells why COVID-19 makes her worried for vulnerable girls – The New DailyThis is not the first time I’ve lived through a lockdown. For most of my teenage years I […]
September 10, 2020‘We’re No. 28! And Dropping!’ – The New York TimesThis should be a wake-up call: New data suggest that the United States is one of just a […]
September 9, 2020Why Covid school closures are making girls marry early – The GuardianSamita (not her real name) is 17 and lives in the Lamjung district of Nepal. It was never easy, […]
September 9, 2020Early Marriages in India: No Child’s Play – The DiplomatSixteen-year-old Arti Mukhia, a bright class eight student at a municipal school in Alwar, Rajasthan won’t be going […]
September 4, 2020NC is becoming a destination for child marriage. Help me stop it. | OPINION – Citizen-TimesLate last year, a 49-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl from Kentucky came into my office to request […]
September 3, 2020Report Names North Carolina A Top Child Marriage Hotspot – Spectrum News 1RALEIGH, N.C. – Researchers on Monday said underage marriage is linked to a host of problems throughout a […]
August 31, 2020Outcry Grows as Somalia’s Parliament Considers Bill Allowing Child Marriage – Time(JOHANNESBURG) — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage […]
July 14, 2020Child Marriage Survivors Warn About Possible Exploitation of Girls During the PandemicTo help curb the spread of COVID-19, local governments have found many ways to tend to the needs […]
June 22, 2020Malaysian children as young as 12 are getting married, and it’s legal – South China Morning PostChildhood friends Iris, Mary and Sarah were once typical teenage girls – they did homework together, took selfies, […]
June 18, 2020India drafting law to increase nuptial age of girls – Anadolu AgencyEven as India has become home to the largest number of child brides in the world, it has […]
June 15, 2020Child marriages spike in lockdown around Bengal – The TelegraphA social worker that The Telegraph called on Saturday morning for details on a child marriage that had been averted […]
June 2, 2020CHS senior draws statewide attention to child marriage – Coeur d’Alene PressIdaho has the highest rate in the nation of wedded minors It’s no longer the Wild West. Idaho […]
May 26, 2020Jump in forced marriages feared after UK lockdown – ReutersLONDON, May 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British charities working to end forced marriage have seen a spike […]
May 16, 2020U.S. online marriages feared providing cover for child brides – ReutersNEW YORK, May 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two U.S. states have banned child marriage this month, but […]
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 11, 2020Tulane University Interns Amplify AHA Foundation’s ImpactSince the fall of 2019, students from Tulane University’s internship program have been helping amplify AHA Foundation’s policy […]