News
November 20, 2012
A new Maasai rite of passage aims to reduce the prevalence of female genital mutilation in Kenya. Via: […]
November 20, 2012
In Edmonton, Canada, a couple has been charged with attacking and confining a 21-year-old woman in her home […]
November 20, 2012
In Canada, a 65-year-old Afghan immigrant was sent to prison for life after jurors found him guilty of […]
November 20, 2012
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has condemned child marriages as “repugnant” and says they should be vigorously combated. Via: http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/11/06/tutu-hits-out-at-child-marriages
November 20, 2012
Britain’s Chief Prosecutor seeks to bring prosecutions for perpetrators of female genital mutilation
In Britain, some 24,000 girls could be at risk of female genital mutilation, and although Britain criminalized FGM […]
November 20, 2012
In Egypt after the revolution, some fear more tolerance of female genital mutilation. About 95% of Egyptian women […]
November 20, 2012
Each year, more than 10 million young girls in the world are forced to marry older men. Officials […]
November 20, 2012
Investigative journalist Abigail Haworth reports on FGM in Indonesia, a shockingly prevalent phenomenon. Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/18/female-genital-mutilation-circumcision-indonesia
November 13, 2012
Afghan women fear rights will erode as U.S. troops leave. Eleven years after the U.S. ousted the Taliban […]
November 5, 2012
A 15-year-old girl in Pakistan was killed by her own parents with acid in an “honor” killing for […]
October 19, 2012
Photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair has documented child marriage in over 50 countries. Read more here.
October 19, 2012
Malala Yousafzai’s courage in the face of Taliban violence inspires us to act. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
On October 4th, the AHA Foundation hosted its Second Annual Conference on Honor Violence and Forced Marriage at […]
October 10, 2012
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani activist who won international acclaim for her work promoting peace, and two other […]
October 9, 2012
In Newsweek, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes about Islamist rage in the Middle East: “America needs to empower those […]