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 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 […]
September 4, 2018AHA Foundation Builds Bipartisan Coalition, Urges Congress to Add Protections Against FGM to VAWAThis summer, the AHA Foundation formed and led a bipartisan network of women’s organizations and survivor/advocates to push […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]