March 20, 2023

‘It’s a human rights abuse’: Dems reintroduce legislation to end child marriage in Michigan – Michigan Advance

‘It’s a human rights abuse’: Dems reintroduce legislation to end child marriage in Michigan Calling it an “archaic […]
March 20, 2023

Child marriage ban in West Virginia is not over – Times West Virginian

Child marriage ban in West Virginia is not over FAIRMONT — Although she did not realize it until […]
March 17, 2023

NY father kidnaps daughter for arranged marriage in Yemen – ABC Eyewitness News

NY father kidnaps daughter for arranged marriage in Yemen BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Western New York father has been […]
March 15, 2023

Connecticut Considers Raising the Legal Age to Marry to 18 — No Exceptions – CT News Junkie

Connecticut Considers Raising the Legal Age to Marry to 18 — No Exceptions Child advocates and a bipartisan […]
March 15, 2023

Child marriage, gender-affirming care bills pass on last day of W.Va. legislative session – Eyewitness News

Child marriage, gender-affirming care bills pass on last day of W.Va. legislative session CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia […]
March 10, 2023

Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates collaborate on anti-child marriage op-ed – The Hill

Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates collaborate on anti-child marriage op-ed Former first lady Michelle Obama, human rights attorney […]
March 10, 2023

Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates, and Michelle Obama Share 3 Ways to Help End Child Marriage – Time

Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates, and Michelle Obama Share 3 Ways to Help End Child Marriage It was […]
March 7, 2023

Bill to ban child marriage passes West Virginia House – AP News

Bill to ban child marriage passes West Virginia House CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia House of […]
March 2, 2023

Vermont legislators look to ban child marriage, joining other states this session – VTDigger

Vermont legislators look to ban child marriage, joining other states this session – VTDigger A new bill would […]
February 27, 2023

Pakistani lawyer, digital rights activist, and member of Facebook’s Content Oversight Board Nighat Dad looks to free speech to protect women’s rights: “Free speech is not some abstract ideal. It is vital for the most vulnerable to make their voices heard.”

Published 2/28/2023 Nighat Dad was born and lives in Pakistan and has worked as a lawyer and digital […]
February 27, 2023

Davinder Kaur, forced marriage survivor, on breaking free and exposing abuse against women: “We all have to play our part in ending these human rights abuses.”

Published 2/28/2023 Davinder Kaur was born and raised in an Indian community in Bradford, England. At the age […]
February 14, 2023

Wyoming Republicans Fight For Their ‘Constitutional Right’ To Marry Children – The Wonkette

Wyoming Republicans Fight For Their ‘Constitutional Right’ To Marry Children The year 2015 was when the United States realized […]
January 13, 2023

Police ‘shy away from honour-based abuse cases because they fear being labelled racists’ – The Telegraph

Police sometimes do not deal with victims of honour-based abuse because of their fears of being accused of […]
December 5, 2022

US Man Married 20 Young Girls, Including His Daughter; Also Accused of Child Trafficking: Report – Jagran English

A 46-year-old American man has been accused of marrying several young girls, including his own daughter, according to […]
December 5, 2022

More than 400 West Yorkshire honour based crimes in two years – Telegraph and Argus

There have been more than 400 honour based abuse crimes in the past two years in West Yorkshire. […]
October 5, 2022

Honour-based abuse victims ask for help after escaping their abusers – Hull Live

The number of callers suffering from honour-based abuse fell last year – but more victims asked for help […]
August 15, 2022

Will Massachusetts’s Stand Against Child Marriage Spur the Rest of the Nation to Act Against this Child Abuse?

Published 8/16/2022 On July 28, Massachusetts finally banned child marriage after years of activism from AHA Foundation and […]
June 14, 2022

A Major Milestone in Protecting U.S. Women and Girls: AHA’s Advocacy Leader on the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act

Published 6/17/2022 In March, a major achievement in the fight for women’s rights in the U.S. was reached. […]
March 9, 2022

Maryland must not fail to outlaw child marriage a seventh time | GUEST COMMENTARY – The Baltimore Sun

I am an American who has lived my whole life in my beloved state of Maryland. I want […]
December 29, 2021

Lesbian risks life and flees Afghanistan to escape forced marriage to cruel Taliban brute – Pink News

Rabia was just 15-years-old when she became engaged to a Taliban officer against her will in a small […]