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July 16, 2013
Zoe Williams argues the battle to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) is long, but it’s one we must […]
July 11, 2013
Britain’s Chief Prosecutor Nazir Afzal, champion of women’s rights and speaker at AHA Foundation conferences, discusses the great […]
July 4, 2013
The most senior female police officer in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, and a symbol of improving women’s rights in […]
July 4, 2013
In Egypt, women face an alarming rate of sexual violence. Link: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/03/egypt-epidemic-sexual-violence
June 22, 2013
A study by Cambridge University has found that almost half of boys and one in five girls in […]
June 12, 2013
All Londoners have a duty to help in the fight against female genital mutilation as the “cutting season” […]
June 12, 2013
Several hospital and community-based clinics in London help women who have suffered FGM, as well as one in […]
June 12, 2013
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics reports that some 75 per cent of female genital mutilation (FGM) […]
June 12, 2013
U.N. agencies have called for the prosecution of an Egyptian doctor after a 13-year-old girl died while undergoing […]
June 10, 2013
In Egypt, the death of a 13-year-old girl at a private clinic of female genital mutilation has once […]
June 6, 2013
Our latest blog post focuses on the story of Amina Ajmal, an American citizen who was forced into […]
May 28, 2013
In the Wall Street Journal, Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses the the problems of Islamic religious leadership. Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323475304578503613890263762.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
May 27, 2013
A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they’d had […]
May 20, 2013
In the Wall Street Journal, Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses the meaning of becoming a U.S. citizen and offers […]
May 20, 2013
In a powerful statement for women’s rights, a female Egyptian journalist chose to remove her veil during an […]