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September 16, 2013
Yemeni authorities are investigating the death of an eight-year-old girl from internal bleeding on her wedding night and […]
September 12, 2013
The New York Times has a profile on one of our favorite champions for women’s rights, Nazir Afzal, […]
August 27, 2013
The term “female genital mutilation” remains the most appropriate term to refer to the practice that 140 million […]
August 27, 2013
Taliban fighters have kidnapped a female parliamentarian who was travelling by car through Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province with […]
August 27, 2013
In Afghanistan, women are concerned that their rights will be increasingly repressed by a resurgent Taliban in the […]
August 27, 2013
The fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Tanzania is hampered by laxity in the implementation and enforcement […]
August 19, 2013
In the UK, a charity for victims of forced marriage has found a creative way for victims to […]
August 14, 2013
Teachers, doctors and airport staff need to be alert to the problem of forced marriages over the school […]
August 14, 2013
In the United Kingdom, the government dealt with 114 cases of forced marriage last year that involved mentally […]
August 9, 2013
On August 5th and 6th, 2013, the AHA Foundation Executive Director and Communications Director headed out west to […]
August 9, 2013
This week, the AHA Foundation was proud to partner with the Peoria, AZ Police Department to lead a […]
July 31, 2013
A comprehensive report by UNICEF on female genital mutilation finds a decline in the practice in certain countries […]
July 31, 2013
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in […]
July 31, 2013
A number of Gulf-based rights groups and activists on Monday strongly condemned Gulf states over mistreatment of women […]
July 31, 2013
Women in Pakistan’s Swat valley are making history, and perhaps some powerful enemies, by convening an all-female jirga, […]