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September 22, 2017
Child marriage is happening in the United States. Some may assume that in the U.S., the minimum age to […]
September 21, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko introduced legislation to update Ohio’s antiquated child marriage law. The bill would increase […]
September 20, 2017
New research developed jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO)1 and the Walk Free Foundation2 , in partnership with the […]
September 20, 2017
Little girls are being ‘cut on kitchen tables’ in Manhattan as FGM grows at alarming rate – Metro UK
Some practitioners are happy to perform brutal female genital mutilation (FGM) procedures on little girls on kitchen tables […]
September 19, 2017
A Michigan doctor who’s accused of performing genital mutilation surgery on girls will be released from federal custody […]
September 19, 2017
Three African heads of state have warned their peers that without accountability and political intervention, the problem of […]
September 18, 2017
An 11-year-old girl from the north Indian city of Bulandshahr was rescued by a team of social activists, […]
September 18, 2017
In a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations backed by […]
September 18, 2017
Federal prosecutors indicted two women accused of taking their seven year old daughters to a Michigan clinic for […]
September 18, 2017
Heather decided she didn’t need a new pair of shoes for her wedding. The silver heels she wore […]
September 18, 2017
Today, federal prosecutors charged two Minnesota mothers with Female Genital Mutilation and Conspiracy to Commit Female Genital Mutilation […]
September 15, 2017
Five months after a historic genital mutilation case surfaced in Detroit, two Minnesota mothers were charged Thursday with subjecting […]
September 14, 2017
The Frontline Dispatch – A New Investigative Podcast In the summer after 9th grade, 14-year-old Heather discovered she […]
September 14, 2017
Although census data shows child marriages in the United States are rare, a report by the Tahirih Justice […]
September 14, 2017
Mariya Taher was seven when strangers forced her to the ground and cut her clitoral hood. She doesn’t […]