October 13, 2017

9 Unsettling Facts About Child Marriage – U.S. News

About 1.1 billion girls live in the world today, but not all live equally. The United Nations observes Oct. 11 […]
October 13, 2017

India’s Supreme Court Rules Sex With Child Brides Is Rape – Time

India’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that sex with an underage wife constitutes rape, in a landmark ruling that campaigners […]
October 11, 2017

Empowering Girls Rescued From Child Marriage – The New York Times

Having spent 15 years photographing child marriages around the world, Stephanie Sinclair is uniquely positioned to understand its lasting impact […]
October 11, 2017

Ohio may ban female genital mutilation for girls under 18 – Dayton Daily News

Ohio does not explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation — a practice that state Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants […]
October 11, 2017

FGM Campaigner Leyla Hussein on Why Genital Cutting Is a Global Problem – News Deeply

Leyla Hussein has become one of the world’s most visible campaigners against female genital mutilation (FGM). However, the FMGsurvivor, […]
October 10, 2017

FGM and disability also hinder girls’ education – The Guardian

Your sponsored roundtable on educating girls (Society, 4 October) is to be commended both for laying bare the […]
October 10, 2017

Stop FGM now, says an ex-circumciser and colleagues – The Point

Saibo Jawo, an ex-circumciser and some of her colleagues in Nafugan village in the Upper River Region have […]
October 10, 2017

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at University of Maryland, College Park, “Freedom of Expression in the Arab World”

Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
October 7, 2017

Ending child marriage critical to achieving SDGs – The Daily Star

As the world marks International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, Girls Not Brides is calling […]
October 7, 2017

Why should we care about FGM? – Al Jazeera

Talking about female genital mutilation (FGM) makes people uncomfortable. I get that. Who wants to think about vaginas […]
October 7, 2017

FGM: A native affliction on every inhabitable continent – Al Jazeera

Enter the term “FGM” in Google Images and you will find pictures related to female genital mutilation on […]
October 5, 2017

What’s Next in the Fight to End Child Marriage in Guatemala? – MS Blog

Guatemala has taken a huge step forward for girls, officially outlawing child marriage following years of advocacy by […]
October 5, 2017

Violence against women hurts Arab economies, U.N. says – Reuters

The United Nations called on Arab nations on Wednesday to calculate the economic cost of violence against women, […]
October 3, 2017

Inside the Lives of Georgia’s Child Brides – National Geographic

No one really knows for sure how many underage girls are getting married in the country of Georgia. […]
October 3, 2017

Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive – The New York Times

Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has […]
September 29, 2017

Woman shares traumatic FGM secret and a bond is formed – The Star

When Malaika was 6, she travelled with her family on an airplane for the first time, on a […]
September 29, 2017

New state law seeks to reduce the number of child brides in Texas – Texas Tribune

Texas has one of the highest child marriage rates in the country, but a new law seeks to […]
September 29, 2017

Violence against girls is corrosive to society – EURACTIV

There may be nothing more corrosive to our societies than allowing this assault to continue. Yet there are […]
September 26, 2017

‘Honor’ Killings Continue in Pakistan Despite New Law – Human Rights Watch

On September 20, a man in Peshawar killed his two daughters because he thought they had boyfriends, and felt […]
September 25, 2017

Education Cannot Wait – investing in our shared humanity – Huffington Post

World leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York this past week. At the 72nd General Assembly, […]