December 3, 2018Update on the First Female Genital Mutilation Case in the U.S.: A stunning development as judge dismisses primary charges against defendants and rules anti-FGM law unconstitutionalIn a shocking ruling, the district court judge presiding over the first-ever federally prosecuted case of female genital […]
November 27, 2018‘US is moving backwards’: female genital mutilation ruling a blow to girls at risk – The GuardianA historic ruling that declared unconstitutional a US law banning female genital mutilation (FGM), and dropped key charges against practitioners […]
November 26, 2018Ruling in genital mutilation case shocks women’s advocates – Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Women’s rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this […]
November 21, 2018Judge throws out anti-female genital mutilation law – Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE For immediate release – Wednesday November 21, 2018 Judge throws out anti-female genital mutilation law leaving […]
November 20, 2018Judge dismisses female genital mutilation charges in historic case – Detroit Free PressIn a major blow to the government, a federal judge in Detroit has declared the federal female genital […]
November 8, 2018Defense tries to toss genital mutilation charges – Detroit NewsThe image above is a stock image. Detroit — Defense lawyers tried to convince a federal judge Tuesday to […]
November 7, 2018Supporters Dedicate Their Birthdays to AHA FoundationFacebook allows its users to dedicate their birthday to a charity of their choice. This means you can […]
November 7, 2018Update on the First Female Genital Mutilation Case in the U.S.: Judge Grants AHA Foundation’s Motion to File Amicus Curiae BriefUnited States of America v. Nagarwala, et al (17-20274) Eastern District of Michigan United States District Court At […]
October 31, 2018Chandler pushes bill to prosecute female mutilation – Telegram & GazetteBOSTON — It was 1988 in Sierra Leone, Africa. Four blindfolded sisters under the age of 18, the […]
October 25, 2018Finnish hospitals see more babies born to mothers with FGM – YLE UUTISETFinland has started tallying births by circumcised mothers as the medical community is increasingly dealing with delivery complications […]
September 26, 2018Mutilated brides fetch higher price, group claims – The Detroit NewsDetroit — Grooms pay more money for brides who have undergone female genital mutilation, a religious practice central to […]
September 26, 2018Update on the First Female Genital Mutilation Case in the U.S. – AHA Foundation Files Amicus Brief After Defense Challenges Constitutionality of Anti-FGM LawAHA Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief this week in support of the federal anti-FGM law after defense […]
September 25, 2018Why did Twitter allow ad promoting female genital cutting? – WZZM 13Female genital mutilation has been condemned worldwide. So how did a paid ad promoting female genital cutting of […]
September 20, 2018Third Girl Dies in Somalia After Genital Mutilation – VOA NewsA 10-year-old girl has died in Somalia due to complications from female genital mutilation (FGM). Mumtaz Qorane was […]
September 17, 20182 Young Sisters Die After Undergoing Female Genital Mutilation – National Public RadioTwo sisters from a remote pastoral village in Puntland State, Somalia, died on Sept. 11 of complications from […]
September 13, 2018Feds level new charges in genital mutilation case – The Detroit NewsDetroit — Federal prosecutors filed new charges in the nation’s first case involving female genital mutilation, accusing one doctor of […]
September 11, 2018UK schoolgirls have been pressured by peers to have FGM, campaigner says – CNNThe image above is a stock photo. London (CNN) – Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured […]
September 10, 2018Genital mutilation case revs up amid grand jury activity – The Detroit NewsDetroit — As many as six members of a Muslim sect from India were questioned by a federal grand jury […]
August 11, 2018Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Firing Line with Margaret HooverFounder of the AHA Foundation, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, was recently interviewed on PBS’s Firing Line, exposing the issue of female […]
July 30, 2018Somalia announces first prosecution for female genital mutilation – ReutersThe image above is a stock image. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Somalia’s Attorney General Ahmed Ali Dahir […]