July 23, 201810-year-old girl bleeds to death after undergoing FGM in Somalia – CTPostJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A 10-year-old girl has bled to death after undergoing female genital mutilation in Somalia, an […]
July 10, 2018Thousands of FGM cases recorded in Britain – ReutersThe girl pictured above is a stock photo and not a victim of FGM. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) […]
July 6, 2018Why Won’t Massachusetts Pass a Law to Stop FGM? – Fair ObserverThey are still not listening to us. The bills and our stories sit on a desk, unheard, undiscussed […]
July 3, 2018ICE leads effort to prevent female genital mutilation at Newark Airport – U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementNEWARK, NJ – Starting on June 19, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark […]
June 19, 2018Grave consequences – EurekAlert!FGM has been officially recognised as a human rights violation by the United Nations since 1992. Still, efforts […]
June 18, 2018Survivor of FGM, Assita Kanko, Fights for Human Rights for EveryoneBlog is based on past interviews and conversations with Assita Kanko. “Loneliness, the smell of the place where […]
June 13, 2018Trauma and Female Genital Cutting, Part 3: The Body and the Brain – SahiyoThis article is Part 3 of a seven-part series on trauma related to Female Genital Cutting. Joanna is a […]
June 8, 2018The Human Rights Violation Of Women That Rarely Gets Discussed – The Hoover InstitutionOn April 11, 2018, the Hoover Institution hosted a panel on female genital mutilation featuring Mary Wambui, the […]
May 25, 2018Episode 60: Ayaan Hirsi Ali – The Jamie Weinstein ShowThis podcast interview of Ayaan Hirsi Ali is hosted by Jamie Weinstein with the National Review. She speaks about […]
May 25, 2018The anti-woman violence feminists are afraid to confront – published in the New York PostIn her article in the New York Post AHA Foundation’s founder, Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls on the women’s […]
May 21, 2018FGM Shouldn’t Have a Place in the U.S. — or Anywhere – National ReviewThe AHA Foundation, led by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, just released a report, “Why We Hesitate to Protect Girls […]
May 18, 2018Why A “Ritual Nick” Is a Smoke Screen for Female Genital MutilationAt the AHA Foundation we emphasize the need for a zero tolerance approach to ending FGM. There is […]
May 9, 2018Edmonton film festival to screen North American premiere of FGM documentary – The Edmonton StarEDMONTON—As 12-year-old Rosie Makore runs across the northern Tanzania Serengeti, she is risking her life and taking a […]
May 7, 2018British Children Learn the ABCs of FGM to Help End Harmful Practice – VOA NewsLONDON — As teacher Tanya Mathiason flicked through a slideshow to display diagrams of male and female genitalia […]
October 11, 2017Ohio may ban female genital mutilation for girls under 18 – Dayton Daily NewsOhio does not explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation — a practice that state Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants […]
September 20, 2017Little girls are being ‘cut on kitchen tables’ in Manhattan as FGM grows at alarming rate – Metro UKSome practitioners are happy to perform brutal female genital mutilation (FGM) procedures on little girls on kitchen tables […]
September 14, 2017FGM survivor speaks of night she was forcefully cut as she fights for end to brutal procedure – Metro UKMariya Taher was seven when strangers forced her to the ground and cut her clitoral hood. She doesn’t […]
July 17, 201724 states have no laws against female genital mutilation. Here’s why that needs to change. – MicUnder a series of new laws signed Tuesday, Michigan became the 26th state to place a criminal ban […]
July 13, 2017Your Voice, Your Future Roundtable – “THE FGM CONTROVERSY” – WGMEAn hour long discussion on Female Genital Mutilation. Panel: Imam Abdullah Dibba Shelby Quast, Director of Equality Now […]
June 14, 2017AHA Foundation Featured on The Tipping Point Discussing Female Genital MutilationAHA Foundation’s Senior Director, Amanda Parker, was featured on the show Tipping Point to discuss the Virginia Imam […]