AHA Foundation news on Female Genital Mutilation
May 27, 2020
When Jenny (who asked us not to use her last name) was five, she was taken on a […]
May 26, 2020
The girl screamed and struggled but was held down by medical staff and her stepmother when female genital […]
November 6, 2019
Female genital mutilation is a human rights issue impacting girls and women around the world, yet many people […]
September 20, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release – Friday September 20, 2019 Court Denies House Motion to Intervene in Michigan […]
September 3, 2019
Julie Raque Adams (left) is a Kentucky state senator from Louisville; Amanda Parker (right) is the Senior Director at […]
June 25, 2019
Amanda Parker is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Director of the AHA Foundation. She discusses: background; tasks […]
June 20, 2019
(CNSNews.com) – On Wednesday, June 19, the Pennsylvania Senate passed House Bill 315, which would classify Female Genital Mutilation as […]
April 8, 2019
AHA Foundation’s Senior Director, Amanda Parker, was featured on the Womenace to Society with Lisa Landry. They cover […]
February 28, 2019
Idaho may soon follow Colorado’s lead and pass legislation banning female genital mutilation. Late last year, a federal […]
February 28, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Girls as young as two years old are being forced into genital mutilation […]
December 19, 2018
Founder of the AHA Foundation, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, was recently interviewed on PBS’s Firing Line, exposing the issue of female […]
December 6, 2018
For more than two decades, underage girls in this country have been federally protected from the horrific practice […]
November 27, 2018
A historic ruling that declared unconstitutional a US law banning female genital mutilation (FGM), and dropped key charges against practitioners […]
November 26, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Women’s rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this […]
November 21, 2018
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release – Wednesday November 21, 2018 Judge throws out anti-female genital mutilation law leaving […]