February 9, 2017Drought Threatens to Undo Mozambique’s Gender Equality ProgressAmong the many countries in southern Africa suffering through the El Niño-induced drought, Mozambique is one of the […]
February 9, 2017Denmark bans marriage for under-18s after report suggests dozens of asylum seeking teens arriving with spousesThe Danish government has approved a bill that will prohibit people under the age of 18 from getting […]
February 9, 2017Trinidad & Tobago Moves to End Child Marriage, Despite Religious OppositionWith the proclamation of The Children Act on May 18, 2015, Trinidad and Tobago raised the age of sexual […]
February 2, 2017The Conversation on BBC – Forced MarriageTwo women who’ve escaped forced marriage and now fight for the rights of other victims talk to Maryam […]
January 27, 2017Former Pakistani child bride shares story with studentsPakistani-American Naila Amin, 27, of Baldwin, stood in front of Mepham High School’s Leadership and Voices of the […]
January 6, 2017Afghan returnee girls at risk of early marriage: reportChildren of Afghan families returning from Pakistan, who do not go to school and have no access to […]
January 6, 2017Drought forcing schoolgirls into marriageDROUGHT is forcing Mozambican girls out of school and into forced marriages. School drop-outs in vulnerable provinces have […]
January 6, 2017Syrian girls flee war only to become mothers in Jordan campIn a crowded maternity clinic at a refugee camp in Jordan near the Syrian border, Elhem cradled her […]
January 6, 2017Iran: 43 Thousand Cases of Child MarriageOn Sunday December 11th, 2016, the state-run newspaper, Shargh admitted to the disaster of child marriage in the […]
January 6, 201713-year-old girl forced to marry her ‘rapist’ step-brotherA man in his 20s has married his 13-year-old step-sister after making her pregnant. The marriage took place […]
December 6, 2016Impoverished families flout Guatemala’s child marriage banA year after Guatemala passed a law banning child marriage, poor families who regard girls as a financial […]
December 6, 2016Kyrgyzstan Ups Fight Against Child Marriage“[E]veryone knows mullahs marry [people] at an early age,” the head of a community elders court told me […]
December 6, 2016Early marriage and education, the chicken or the egg?Ramallah, November 19, 2016—“I wish I could do it now,” said 24-year-old West Bank resident Basma, of the […]
December 6, 2016‘Sold like cows and goats’: India’s slave bridesThe first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in […]
December 6, 2016Turkey withdraws bill after protests over child-sexual assault clauseTurkey’s government has withdrawn a controversial bill that would have granted amnesty to some men convicted of child […]
December 6, 2016Desmond Tutu: Child marriage harms our human familyMillions of girls are married as children. This fact harms our human family and reminds us how deeply […]
December 6, 2016Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016 gets final nod – BangladeshThe new legislation includes a provision allowing child marriage in ‘special cases’, such as if a girl becomes pregnant accidentally […]
December 6, 2016It’s time to break the silence on child marriage in IndonesiaChild marriage is a national crisis in Indonesia that continues to receive little attention both domestically and globally, […]
December 6, 2016Cameroon Launches African Union Campaign To End Child MarriageToday, Cameroon became the 16th country to launch the African Union campaign to end child marriage in Africa, […]
November 4, 2016Problem of Child Marriage in Malawi Linked to PovertyAccording to Girls Not Brides, Malawi has the highest rate of child marriages worldwide, with roughly one in […]