April 24, 2017The Teens Going Door to Door to Stop Child MarriagesMoriom has a compassionate perspective about her mother’s choice to marry her off a few years ago to […]
April 24, 2017How Sex Ed is Helping to Fix Pakistan’s Child Marriage ProblemEarly-age marriage is an epidemic felt by girls around the world. In the province of Sindh, Pakistan, nearly […]
April 12, 2017Child marriage continues unabated in Georgia’s Azerbaijani communitiesIt was more than five years ago that her father unexpectedly came to school to pick up Aisha, […]
April 12, 2017Households Against Child Marriage: An Innovative Approach From GhanaThe empowerment of indigenous women is one of several issues being discussed at the 61st Commission on the […]
April 12, 2017Human Rights Mozambique schools use theatre to promote women’s rights as drought fuels child marriagesIn Mozambique, the legal age of marriage is 18, or 16 with parental consent. But the UN International […]
April 12, 2017Opinion: Could the entertainment industry help end child marriage?We all love a good drama — be it on screen, in real life, or on the radio. […]
April 12, 2017Child Marriage Act: President gives nod in BangladeshPresident Abdul Hamid yesterday signed three bills, including Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2017 that has a provision for […]
April 12, 2017Kenya Becomes 19th Country To Launch The African Union Campaign To End Child MarriageKenya celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday by launching the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage under the […]
April 12, 2017New Jersey just became the first state to completely ban child marriageThe New Jersey legislature passed a bill Monday that will ban marriage for those under the age of […]
April 5, 2017For Syrian refugees, child marriage robs a generation of its futureCradling her baby boy in her arms, 17-year-old Kawthar Nawara walks into the single room she shares with […]
April 5, 2017Child brides are a little-known, but very real, problem in America todayWhen she was 10, Safia Mahjebin started skipping school. She used to ride the New York City subways, […]
April 5, 201710 Powerful Photos That Expose What’s At Stake When Child Marriage Is The NormThe skirt belongs to her mother, the scarf to a friend. The red necklace was a gift (“My […]
April 5, 2017Child marriage poses great dangersThe New Hampshire House of Representatives is taking a beating for killing a bill that would have stopped […]
March 20, 2017The Teen Brides of Nepal: Married With Children Before Their TimeSumina Pariyar is just a teenager, but looks older than her 17 years as she holds her coughing […]
March 20, 2017Traditional rulers institute fines to stem child marriageHenceforth, any parent in the Jirapa District who gives out his or her daughter who is less than […]
March 20, 2017Girls of Any Age Can Be Married in Bangladesh With New LawA vague new child marriage law in Bangladesh invokes the parental permission loophole setting no minimum age for […]
March 20, 2017Reluctant MothersThe baby on Bharati’s lap could easily pass off for her kid brother. The sari and full sleeve […]
March 20, 2017Mothers and Daughters in Conversation About Child Marriage at Human Rights Watch Film FestivalThe trauma that child brides go through can last a lifetime. Forced to become wives and mothers before […]
March 20, 2017Nepal’s Child Brides: One girl’s story shines a light on a pervasive problemIn Nepal, 37 percent of girls are married before the age of 18, despite the legal age of marriage […]
March 20, 2017Sold into marriage – how Rohingya girls become child brides in MalaysiaThe slight girl in a turquoise headscarf held back tears as she recalled what happened when she fled […]