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 […]
March 28, 2018Penn State Students Fight to End FGM From Their ClassroomsA group of talented and determined students from Penn State’s Dickinson Law have taken up the challenge of […]
March 27, 2018A Survivor Shares: When Female Genital Cutting Occurs, Childhood Ends and Trauma Begins** Please note the photo above is a stock photo and not a photo of the survivor. It […]
February 20, 2018By Educating Legislators Across the Nation, Alex Still Helps Protect Girls in the U.S. from FGMAHA Foundation: Alexandra Still is our Program and Policy Associate. Alex researches cultural practices that harm women and girls in […]
February 8, 201868 Million Girls May Face Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, U.N. Chief Warns – TIME(UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that without accelerated action 68 million girls could be […]
February 6, 2018International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE TIME’S UP ON POLITICAL STALEMATE AROUND FGM IN MAINE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE […]
February 6, 2018Global event calling for end to FGM to start here – IndependentA worldwide social media campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) is being launched in Dublin tomorrow with the […]
January 25, 2018AHA Foundation Intern Shares Her Experience of Working to Make the U.S. a Safer Place to Be a GirlAfter two years of working with the AHA Foundation, our intern Bree Dyer is leaving for another work […]
January 23, 2018AHA Foundation’s Most Popular Blog Posts of 2017With the new year, we invite you to look back with us and catch up on the AHA […]
January 22, 2018Pennsylvania HB 413 Media ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE PUSH TO OUTLAW FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN PENNSYLVANIA For immediate release: Monday 22 January 2018 Pennsylvania […]
January 21, 2018The Cut: Female Genital Mutilation in the Modern WorldBy: Madari Pendas For many, the subject of female genital mutilation is an uncomfortable and difficult topic to […]
December 29, 2017FGM in Sri Lanka: It’s never ‘just a nick’ – Al JazeeraFor decades, female genital mutilation (FGM) has been practiced in Sri Lanka. However, to those outside the practicing […]
December 26, 2017Couple accused of genital mutilation of their daughter at Dublin home to face trial – IndependentA couple are to face trial accused of genital mutilation of their daughter at their home in Dublin. […]
December 26, 2017This young Croydon man’s amazing work to stop violence against girls and women has earned him an award from the Queen – Croydon AdvertiserA young man who came to Croydon after fleeing Zimbabwe as a teenager is about to be given an […]
December 20, 2017AHA Foundation 2017 Annual Report Celebrating 10 Years of Life-Saving Workand Revealing the Vision for the Next Ten YearsTen years ago, Ayaan Hirsi Ali founded the AHA Foundation to protect women and girls from honor violence […]
December 12, 2017Dr. Mwangi-Powell Leads African Anti-FGM Initiative, Believes the Practice Can be Stopped in One GenerationDr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, MSc, Ph.D., is the Global Director for The Girl Generation, a ten-country social change communication […]
December 11, 2017Trapped in A Marriage with an Al-Qaeda Operative, Yasmine Fought Back for the Sake of Her DaughterYasmine Mohammed is an Arab-Canadian college instructor, activist, podcaster and writer. Yasmine shares her story of growing up […]
November 22, 2017Activist and Survivor of FGM, F.A. Cole, Refuses to be Silent About the Night She was MutilatedOriginally published on November 17, 2018 Activist and Survivor of FGM, F.A. Cole, Refuses to be Silent About […]
November 21, 2017Not Comfortable with How Female Genital Mutilation is Shown in Photos, A Swedish Photographer Applies a New ApproachElisabeth Ubbe is an award-winning photojournalist who strives to highlight issues that are taboo to create conversation and […]