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 30, 2018Time to put a spotlight on an important issue – The News-GazetteMadeleine Hubbard is a rising junior at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a fellow of the […]
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 […]
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 19, 2018Child Abuse Expert on Pediatrician’s Role in Preventing Female Genital Mutilation in the United StatesDr. Frasier is an internationally recognized child abuse expert. As one of few medical experts in the United […]
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 […]
June 5, 2018Ep. 5: The Ayaan Hirsi Ali You DON’T Know – the Femsplainers PodcastListen to Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak about her life story, political correctness and female genital mutilation (FGM) with Christina […]
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, 2018Why Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation in the U.S. Must Be a Bipartisan Effort Representative Chang with the bipartisan group that worked to pass Michigan’s anti-FGM legislation. The AHA Foundation is unfortunately […]