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August 10, 2017
Asha Ali Ibrahim, 41, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in Diaami, Hargeisa and other […]
August 10, 2017
Maine’s legislature failed to protect little girls from a horrible mutilation practice, so the bill’s sponsor now is […]
August 10, 2017
The defense in Michigan’s historic genital mutilation case is demanding the government turn over “the most significant piece” […]
August 10, 2017
Progress towards ending child marriage in Nepal appears to have ground to a halt, despite early hopes. Nepal, […]
August 10, 2017
Where I am from, a girl is recognized by the following: Who is her father? Who is her […]
August 10, 2017
Back in May 2001, a bill was introduced into the Alabama Senate that sought to raise the age […]
August 10, 2017
When Shakila Zareen learned that her husband planned to kill her, she fled to her mother’s house. A […]
August 8, 2017
Iranian lawmaker Fatemeh Zolqadr said the Iranian Parliament, in coordination with the country’s Vice-Presidency for Women and Family […]
August 8, 2017
Bangladesh has the fourth-highest rate of child marriage in the world. Though the numbers have reportedly declined in the last […]
August 8, 2017
A child bride taken to Bangladesh and forced into marriage at 15 says August is the ‘hot month’ […]
August 7, 2017
The NSPCC report of increasing calls in relation to forced marriage (Report, 31 July) is alarming. In 2016 more […]
August 3, 2017
A bill that would make female genital mutilation a crime in Maine is officially dead. Earlier Wednesday, a […]
August 2, 2017
The woman, a recent immigrant from Iran, suffered brutal spousal abuse but didn’t even realize it was against […]
August 2, 2017
At age 19, Indira Karimova became a victim of human trafficking after she was married off to her […]
August 1, 2017
A Maine lawmaker says she’s not giving up on a bill that appears to be dead. Rep. Heather […]