The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan has ruled that while underage marriages may lead to criminal liability under the ...

(CNN) — Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet in Bangladesh, she says, “I always thought, I have no brother, ...

In this article, the author examines how Iraq’s Personal Status Code has weakened legal safeguards for women and girls, particularly by facilitating child marriage and creating a parallel religious ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Senate Bill, SB156, an act to increase the minimum age for marriage, has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 4-2 vote. Republican Senators Tom Pischke and Tamara ...

Activists and survivors are pushing to completely bar child marriages in Virginia, where exceptions still allow them. In 2016, the commonwealth became the first state to limit marriage to those who ...

Gen Z is largely in favor of child marriage, breaking away with other generations' view on the controversial practice, recent Newsweek polling data shows. In the Newsweek poll, 44 percent of Gen Z ...

UNICEF USA is working with partners including Unchained at Last to end child marriage in the United States. Eleven U.S. states have already passed legislation banning marriage before the age of 18, ...

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, the bill would raise the minimum age of marriage to ...

Nashik: A child marriage involving a minor girl at Wadachiwadi in Dhargaon village of Igatpuri taluka was prevented following ...

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