September 24, 2015Taking Your Voices to Capitol Hill to End Honor ViolenceThere is no honor in honor violence. It is criminal. Even so, in this land of the free […]
September 22, 2015Additional Protections Against Forced Marriage Needed in the UKSajida Khan left a forced marriage years ago with her children and obtained forced marriage protection orders (FMPOs) […]
September 19, 2015Release of “Prophet’s Prey”“Prophet’s Prey,” a film about the breakaway Mormon Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) led by Warren Jeffs, has […]
September 9, 2015End Violence Against Women and Girls in the US Demand a National Action Plan to Fight Honor Violence [emailpetition id=”1″] The AHA Petition: End Violence Against Women and Girls in the US. Honor violence is an […]
August 21, 2015Back to School – Where are the Missing Girls?Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, As I again prepare to teach a class this fall, everywhere I look I […]
August 19, 2015Forced Marriage by the NumbersAs summer vacation comes to a close and students return to school, in a classroom somewhere in America […]
August 19, 2015Hundreds of Supporters, a Two-Day Conference and One GoalAmanda Parker, AHA Foundation Senior Director, discusses IVAWA with staffers on Capital Hill. By Amanda Parker, AHA Foundation […]
August 7, 2015Australia Institutes Domestic Violence Advice Pack for WomenAustralia has created a new policy of providing women who move to Australia with information on rape, domestic […]
July 26, 2015President Obama Speaks Out on Women’s Rights in KenyaDuring President Obama’s visit to Kenya, he delivered a speech condemning traditions that treat women as second-class citizens […]
July 17, 2015Calls to Forced Marriage Hotline Increase DramaticallyThe UK-based charity Karma Nirvana has handled 8,268 calls related to honor violence and forced marriage in the […]
July 16, 2015Telling the Story of Forced Marriages in the UKNew research shows that police and other officials are missing warning signs of forced marriage in the UK […]
July 2, 2015UN Human Rights Council Calls for End to Forced MarriageThe UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling for an end to child, early, and forced […]
June 23, 2015Naila Amin Tells Her Story of Forced MarriageNaila Amin was a child bride who was betrothed to her first cousin when she was 8. Naila […]
June 19, 2015FGM Survivors Speak Out, Honor Violence on Film, Forced Marriage in the News and MoreDear AHA Foundation Supporter, There’s power in a personal story. Time and again we’re reminded that no matter […]
June 10, 2015UK Convicts First Person Under Forced Marriage LawsA businessman in the UK was sentenced to 16 years in jail after forcing a 25-year-old to marry […]
May 19, 2015‘Unchained at Last’ Supports Victims of Forced MarriageFraidy Reiss started the organization ‘Unchained at Last’ to support victims of forced marriage after her own experience […]
May 4, 2015Honor Killings in America – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in ‘The Atlantic’Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, gets it. “I don’t see,” he told me this week, “how […]
April 14, 2015Forced Marriages As a Problem Across CulturesForced marriage is a problem across cultures. This story highlights the experiences of two young women who underwent […]
April 14, 2015Thousands Of Young Women In US Forced Into MarriageNPR’s All Things Considered talks to AHA Foundation sister organizations Unchained at Last and Tahirih Justice Center about […]
April 7, 2015Author Aisha Saeed Discusses ‘Written in the Stars,’ a Novel About Forced Marriage in the USAisha Saeed discusses her recent novel, Written in the Stars, and the stories of her American friends forced […]