Aha Foundation / Mackenzie Mcnaughton

Alertfemale genital mutilation (fgm) legislative advocacy and support - in 2022, Aha Foundation advocacy, along with that of other organizations and individuals, resulted in the reauthorization of the federal violence against women act, adding protections for fgm and forced marriage.child marriage legislation - Aha Foundation supported state-level coalition efforts that resulted in Massachusetts ending child marriage in the state.training programs for service providers about fgm, child marriage & honor violence - in 2022, Aha Foundation created a virtual training on fgm hosted by the american bar association website. More than 300 medical professionals have been trained on fgm prevention and detection through the virtual training created by Aha Foundation and hosted on the american medical association website. Aha Foundation trained 150 chicago-based medical professionals on fgm response and prevention, and hosted trainings on fgm in orange county, ca.since 2007, the Foundation has educated over 3,400 social service providers, healthcare professionals, law enforcement officials, and school guidance counselors on recognizing and preventing honor violence, forced marriage, and fgm. Increased direct aid for women and girls at risk * 2010-2022 Aha Foundation's email-based helpline has helped 400+ women and girls find safety in situations of honor violence, forced marriage, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. * Aha Foundation's crisis text line has provided assistance to nearly 68 individuals facing situations of honor violence or forced marriage. Since inception, over 515 individuals have been helped.increased media outreach - each time ayaan hirsi ali appears in the media, Aha Foundation receives increased attention and awareness for our programs and issues. In 2022, ayaan published dozens of articles for the london-based publication, "unherd", and wrote for the spectator as a contributing editor. She continued her podcast and appeared on several others. She also responded to the salman rushdie attack with an opinion piece published in the Washington post.

Align:creating networks to confront islamism - Aha Foundation, together with activists, academics, ex-muslims, and muslim reformers launched clarity coalition (champions for liberty against the reality of islamist tyranny) and sponsored a "going on offense" conference in austria with over 50 leading activists in the fight against political islamist extremism.

Activate:campus critical thinking fellowship (ctf) - in 2022,ayaan hirsi ali spoke on four webinars to students from yale, ucf, and Florida state as well as other universities. Critical thinking fellows hosted events at fordham, purdue, and other universities held both in-person and virtual events to promote ayaan's ideas about women's rights and confronting political islam. Recordings and livestreams of ctf events have reached more than 1,000,000 people.