December 16, 2020

Against All Odds, U.S. Congress Passes Federal FGM Ban

12-16-2020 Update from January 5: President Trump signed the STOP FGM Act of 2020 into law after it was […]
December 14, 2020

December Newsletter: In the Words of Survivors

At AHA Foundation, breaking the silence about female genital mutilation (FGM), child and forced marriage, and other harmful […]
December 14, 2020

Almost 2,000 FGM cases identified in Germany last year – Deutsche Welle

A rights group found evidence of 2,000 women, including some 200 minors, in Germany last year who underwent […]
December 10, 2020

‘These Girls Are Being Cut and Married in Droves’ – The New York Times

A deep, sonorous melody pierces the night sky when young Samburu warriors celebrate an impending marriage. These songs, […]
December 10, 2020

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “Thoughts from a Life: Scruton and the West” – The Rodger Scruton Legacy Foundation

Roger Scruton was not only a kind and dear friend to me, but his intellectual work solidified my […]
December 10, 2020

Anonymous App To Help End FGM In Kenya – Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 7- President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday said the government is considering adopting the use of […]
December 9, 2020

Sudan says it will stamp out child marriage and enforce ban on FGM – The Guardian

Sudanese authorities have announced they will end child marriage and enforce the country’s ban on female genital mutilation […]
December 9, 2020

Irish-Somali activist Ifrah Ahmed on her FGM mission of hope – The Times

Last January, a married couple from Dublin were jailed for the genital mutilation of their infant daughter. The […]
December 3, 2020

Controversial ‘virginity tests’ sold by UK clinics – BBC

Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has […]
November 20, 2020

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Speaks with FGM Survivor Assita Kanko in “Lessons Learned: European Values Vs Islamism” – The Hoover Institution

Assita Kanko, MEP and Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed Lessons Learned: European Values vs. Islamism in a video put […]
November 18, 2020

The Past, Present and Future of Islamic Reformation in the U.S. with Muhammad Fraser-Rahim

11-18-2020 Muhammad Fraser-Rahim is the Executive Director of North America for Quilliam International. He is an expert on […]
November 14, 2020

November Newsletter: Former Prosecutor on the Upcoming Honor Killing Trial; Muhammad Fraser-Rahim Speaks on the Past, Present and Future of Islamic Reform in America

Nearly 13 years ago, we lost teenage sisters Amina and Sarah Said to a brutal honor killing. Their […]
November 13, 2020

What We Are Grateful for in 2020

2020 has been a year of struggles—from uncertainty to isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in […]
November 13, 2020

Philippines’ Senate approves bill declaring child marriage a crime – Manila Bulletin

The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill prohibiting and declaring child marriage as […]
November 13, 2020

Maharashtra, India: 214 child marriages stopped amid lockdown – The Free Press Journal

In a bid to end the harmful practice of child marriage across Maharashtra, the Women and Child Development […]
November 13, 2020

7 arrested in Narok after morning crackdown on FGM perpetrators – KBC News

Narok South Deputy County Commissioner Felix Kisalu said the seven, five girls and two women who were arrested […]
November 6, 2020

Former Prosecutor Laura Reckart Reacts to a Recent Capture of Honor Killing Suspect

11-18-2020 Former Prosecutor Laura Reckart Reacts to a Recent Capture of Honor Killing Suspect Honor killings, the most […]
October 30, 2020

Philanthropy Roundtable: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Writes About Identity Politics and Its Relationship With Universities

Identity Politics is a pathogen that developed in the petri dishes of university campuses. It was cultured, matured, […]
October 28, 2020

The Uncommon Knowledge Podcast—Endowed By The Creator: Ayaan Hirsi Ali And Peter Berkowitz On Our Unalienable Rights

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, alongside other Hoover Institution Fellow Peter Berkowitz, joined Peter Robinson’s Uncommon Knowledge Podcast to discuss […]
October 26, 2020

Ayaan Hirsi Ali joins U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw’s Podcast to Discuss Wokeism

Ayaan joins Texas congressman Dan Crenshaw’s Podcast, Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw, to discuss wokeism, the culture wars, […]