October 20, 2016

Donor Spotlight, AHA Foundation Training Programs, 5 Things You Need To Know About Honor Violence, and More

Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, Last week, in honor of the International Day of the Girl Child, many of you […]
October 19, 2016

AHA Donor Spotlight: “I Choose to Support this Organization…Because I Choose to Support Ayaan Hirsi Ali”

By Karen Boone I was born in England in 1962, but moved to Nairobi, Kenya when I was […]
October 19, 2016

AHA Foundation Trainings: On a Mission to Make the US a Safer Place to Be a Girl

A battered but undeterred stay-at-home-mom stashing money into a cereal box to save enough to leave her abusive […]
October 10, 2016

‘I had to:’ Inside the mind of an ‘honour’ killer in Pakistan

For generations now in Pakistan, they’ve called it “honour” killing, carried out in the name of a family’s […]
October 10, 2016

Pakistan cracks down on ‘honor killers’ with passage of new law

Lawmakers in Pakistan passed a much-anticipated new law that mandates a stiff penalty for those convicted of so-called […]
October 3, 2016

Memory Banda shares her fearless journey to stand up against child marriage in Malawi

“I really need to step up.” Those are the life-changing words that ran through young Memory Banda‘s head […]
October 3, 2016

Migrant child brides put Europe in a spin

Should a 14-year-old married girl who migrates to Europe be viewed as a child – or a spouse? […]
October 3, 2016

Fragile Progress in Global Fight Against Child Marriage

In a progress report released yesterday, the international coalition Girls Not Brides found that global rates of child marriage are […]
October 3, 2016

Child marriage: A closer look at the story behind the Australian headlines

Last week the New South Wales government said a “tsunami of young girls” were being forced to marry […]
October 3, 2016

Tanzania: Marriage Act At Advanced Stage – Mwakyembe

A GOVERNMENT review of the outlived Marriage Act 1971 seeking to empower women and curb child marriage is […]
October 3, 2016

Legal marrying age should be equal for woman and men in Taiwan, says legislator

The legal age of marriage for women should be raised from 16 to 18, just as it is […]
October 3, 2016

Denmark reverses decision on separating refugee ‘child brides’ from partners in asylum centers

Denmark has acknowledged that its earlier decision to separate married couples in refugee centers if a spouse happened […]
October 3, 2016

How a 14-year-old Syrian Refugee is Fighting to End Child Marriage

Omaima Hoshan, 14, wasn’t really aware of early marriage until her best friend dropped out of school in […]
October 3, 2016

Egypt approves tougher jail terms for FGM

More than nine in 10 women and girls aged 15 to 49 in Egypt have undergone FGM. Egypt has […]
September 22, 2016

Five Myths About Forced Marriage, Child Bride Gabriella Gillespie Speaks About How She Escaped Forced Marriage, an Interview with Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, and More

Dear AHA Foundation Supporter, As summer winds down and a new school year begins, many girls are returning […]
September 20, 2016

Sarah Haider, Co-Founder of Ex-Muslims in North America, Shares Her Transition to Atheism and the Need to Look Up to Fathers who Champion Women’s Rights

Sarah Haider is a Pakistani-born writer and activist who grew up in Texas. A practicing Shia Muslim throughout […]
September 20, 2016

Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask

1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
September 20, 2016

My Escape from Child Marriage to Freedom

In her guest blog, Gabriella Gillespie describes her remarkable escape from a marriage her father forced her into […]
September 19, 2016

The first rule of the married girls’ club is: empower girls

Fatuma was married off five years ago, when she was just 13. Like most girls from the remote […]
September 19, 2016

Rights group: Nepal failing to stop child marriage

In a new report, Human Rights Watch criticised the government for failing to follow through with promises of […]