Looking back on the past year and all we have accomplished. Happy New Year everyone! May 2023 be even better.
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We envision a society where women’s and girls’ rights are protected, and they can live their lives free from the threat of violence. Founded by .
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Over 500,000 women and girls in the U.S. have undergone or are at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting. Our training enables frontline responders to recognize and care for these survivors. #WESTOPFGMC #NorthsideChicago @tap360health
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Over 500,000 women and girls in the U.S. have undergone or are at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting. Our training enables frontline responders to recognize and care for these survivors. #WESTOPFGMC #NorthsideChicago
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What are culturally sensitive risk assessments implemented for female genital mutilation/cutting? Discover how you can incorporate them into your practice with FGM/C #med education from the .
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"One story sticks with me most of all. I’ve seen with my own eyes how the foundation rescued a young atheist, a lesbian woman from Egypt who was about to be married off. Through the foundation’s international contacts, she was smuggled out of the country."
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To Survivors: We are here for you, we are fighting for you. / To our Supporters: send a message to survivors so they know they are not alone.
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It’s sunrise over + I have a big talk here with a class at Harvard Graduate School of Education, representing our mama and papa bears! It’s for a private class not taped — but thank you for the invite! Proud to represent as a senior fellow + ! 🐾
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To Survivors: We are here for you, we are fighting for you. / To our Supporters: send a message to survivors so they know they are not alone.
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"One story sticks with me most of all. I’ve seen with my own eyes how the foundation rescued a young atheist, a lesbian woman from Egypt who was about to be married off. Through the foundation’s international contacts, she was smuggled out of the country."
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In an exciting start to 2023, we are already working with our partners on bills against child marriage and FGM in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Michigan, Vermont, South Carolina, Texas, Maine, and New Hampshire!
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UPDATE: There will be a vote tomorrow morning at 10:30 regarding New Hampshire's bill HB34. If passed, HB34 will outlaw all child marriage in NH. Contact your committee members NOW! Contact info at l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3
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Residents of New Hampshire: Contact the committee members listed at the link below and tell them to vote YES to HB34, ending child marriage in New Hampshire! gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committe
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Sharing survivor stories and uplifting their voices is key to raising awareness and ending child marriage, no matter how hard it may be to hear at times.
Follow us to hear more survivor stories, and to learn how you can help end child marriage in the USA.
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"Despite living and working in this FGM/C-prevalent area, many of them had never even heard of FGM/C before." Our training educates frontline responders to recognize at risk girls and step-in to protect them. #WESTOPFGMC #NorthsideChicago
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If you are a survivor of honor violence, FGM, Child marriage, or other human rights abuses, know that we see you and we stand with you. We are here to help you. #EndFGM #EndChildMarriage #endhonorviolence #ForcedMarriage
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Jacob Mchangama: "Privileging Blasphemy Norms Over Open Inquiry Plays Into the Hands of Religious Fundamentalists"
"To impose silence and call it tolerance does not make it so. Real tolerance requires understanding."
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As members of the , we unequivocally stand with Erica López Prater, former Art History professor at . We defend free speech, religious freedom and academic freedom and deplore any civic, social or legal penalties, violent actions and…claritycoalition.org/hamline-univer
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We were proud to welcome a diverse spectrum of guests to the first annual CLARITy Coalition conference last fall. These notables crossed religions, nationalities, backgrounds, and even species! 🐶
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"The program, which began in June 2022, featured notable figures such as... and Bari Weiss. The courses challenge students to think critically about contentious issues, ranging from philosophy to feminism." Read more at:
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AHA extends a warm welcome to Rosa Zeegers, AHA's new Chairman of the Board. Rosa has known our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali for over two decades. In that time, Rosa has been a staunch advocate of liberty for all alongside Ayaan and the AHA Foundation team.
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"In their outreach to Western policymakers, Islamists purport to speak for all Muslims, which is highly misleading. We need to work harder to challenge that dangerous illusion." Our amazing founder and #FGM and #ForcedMarriage #Survivor speaks.
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This past summer, our founder spoke with students at (UATX) as part of their new program, "The Forbidden Courses", which aims to embrace controversial topics.
Read more about UATX's Forbidden Course program at:
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In 1964, Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts during the American Civil Rights movement. He was assassinated in 1968.
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Let us recognize how far the fight for equality and freedom has come, and renew our dedication to the cause for the road still ahead of us.
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At AHA Foundation, we stand up for universal human rights and oppose tyranny in all its forms. We fight for freedom of speech and liberty. Let us take a moment to recognize all that Dr. King did and stood for.
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Today, January 16th, the USA celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In commemoration of Dr. King and the fight for social justice and equality for black Americans, today we are encouraged to reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change he espoused
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Residents of New Hampshire: Contact the committee members listed at the link below and tell them to vote YES to HB34, ending child marriage in New Hampshire! gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committe
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Girls deprived of opportunities for education and professional advancement are at greater risk of becoming trapped in dangerous, abusive marriages because they lack the resources to support themselves if they leave.
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We stand up for universal human rights and oppose tyranny in all its forms, whether it comes from oppressive traditions such as FGM, honor violence, and child/forced marriage, or shutting down free speech. Reach out to info@theahafoundation.org
to get involved today.
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Girls deprived of opportunities for education and professional advancement are at greater risk of becoming trapped in dangerous, abusive marriages because they lack the resources to support themselves if they leave.
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10,000+ women & girls in greater Chicago are impacted by FGM, a universally recognized human rights abuse. Our training enables frontline responders to recognize and care for at risk girls. #WESTOPFGMC #NorthsideChicago
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Success!! Thanks to our amazing supporters and donors, we have SURPASSED our $50,000 goal for our 2022 Match Campaign Fundraiser, receiving $52,000 in donations! With the $50,000 in matching funds unlocked, this comes to a GRAND TOTAL OF $102,000 for AHA!!❤️
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“I registered for high school, determined to finish my education. They made my husband sign as my guardian... He made it difficult to go. He would accidentally forget to set the alarm clock, or he would accidentally turn it off instead of snoozing it." theahafoundation.org/jenns-story-su
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"Action in just three places — Connecticut, Washington state and Washington, D.C. — would account for 85 percent of those women and girls left vulnerable. Each has previously introduced anti-FGM legislation, and... each of those efforts has failed."
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As members of the CLARITy Coalition, we unequivocally stand with Dr. Erica López Prater, former Art History professor at Hamline University, who was dismissed after showing a painting of Prophet Muhammed receiving a Quranic revelation from Angel Gabriel. claritycoalition.org/hamline-univer
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As members of the @CLARITyCoal, we unequivocally stand with Erica López Prater, former Art History professor at @HamlineU. We defend free speech, religious freedom and academic freedom and deplore any civic, social or legal penalties, violent actions and…claritycoalition.org/hamline-univer
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"ISIS became a big threat to the Saudi royal family and other monarchies in the region. This led these governments to stop funding the Islamists and indeed to crack down on them." Our founder and herself a #FGM and #ForcedMarriage survivor, .
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