March 7, 2019International Women’s Day – A Day of Celebration and Renewed CommitmentThe fight against women’s oppression and abuse is not a thing of the past. Even in the Western […]
February 28, 2019Female Genital Mutilation Remains Legal Across Most Of Region While Idaho Eyes Legislation – Wyoming Public MediaIdaho may soon follow Colorado’s lead and pass legislation banning female genital mutilation. Late last year, a federal […]
February 28, 2019Utah lawmaker files bill to stop genital mutilation on girls as young as 2 years old – KUTVSALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Girls as young as two years old are being forced into genital mutilation […]
February 25, 2019Female genital mutilation: Children to be taught dangers – BBCSecondary school pupils in England will be taught about the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2020. […]
February 19, 2019New guidance on handling child bride petitions – APNewsBreakWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced new rules Friday to scrutinize petitions to bring in underage spouses […]
February 12, 2019Christopher Chope, UK lawmaker who blocked FGM law, urged to resign – CNN InternationalA British Member of Parliament has faced cross-party commendation and calls to resign after blocking a law that […]
February 6, 2019Cutting Away the Sexual Ferocity of Babies; A Blog by CTF Fellow on Zero Tolerance Policies for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)Grace Roebuck is a junior at Vassar College and a fellow of AHA Foundation campus program, Critical Thinking […]
February 5, 2019FGM ‘increasingly performed on UK babies’ – BBC NewsFemale genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire […]
January 31, 2019Protecting Girls from Genital Mutilation in MassachusettsSince 2013, AHA Foundation has been working in the state of Massachusetts to criminalize female genital mutilation (FGM). […]
December 19, 2018Ohio General Assembly passes measure prohibiting female genital mutilation for girls under age 18 – Cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio General Assembly has sent to Gov. John Kasich a bill that would make […]
December 19, 2018British schoolgirls at risk of FGM during Christmas break – ReutersThe image above is a stock image. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As many families prepare to holiday […]
December 19, 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 […]
December 19, 2018Girls taken to Uganda, Tanzania for ‘vacation cutting’ as Kenya cracks down on FGM – ReutersThe news article featured below is about an act called vacation cutting. This is when a girl is […]
December 6, 2018With female genital mutilation ban gone, we need new legislation to protect at-risk girls – USA TodayFor more than two decades, underage girls in this country have been federally protected from the horrific practice […]
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 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, 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 […]
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 […]