Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and ...

According to official statistics, 16 child marriages were stopped in 2024, while the number rose to 49 in 2025. Despite ...

The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require significant reforms. On November 14, the Balochistan Assembly passed the ...

12 million girls are married each year before the age of 18. Fiordaliso via Getty Images Last November, Colombia passed a law prohibiting child marriage, giving 10.3 million girls the chance to ...

With the help of a local charity and child marriage activist, 18-year old child bride who was married off at just 11 months finally wins her freedom. After 18 years of persecution, Santadevi Meghwal ...

Explore India's progress and challenges in ending child marriage by 2030, including key schemes and social disparities.

12 year old Fawziyah Abdullah Youssef dies in childbirth after 3 days of labor. DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 14, 2009— -- After days of struggling through labor a 12-year-old "child bride" has died in Yemen ...

Headlines are sprouting up everywhere about new court cases that may endanger Roe v Wade. But abortion is not the only issue that is critical to female control of their bodies. We tend to think about ...

NEW YORK -- A disturbing issue that affects many girls in our area is being forced into marriage when they are underage. It might surprise you that thousands of girls under the age of 18 are getting ...

About one out of every five marriages in Kyrgyzstan involve “bride kidnapping,” according to preliminary findings of a European Union study on gender equality in the Central Asian nation. The high ...