August 6, 2021Women empowerment; Leaders from around the world pledged $40 billion to promote gender equality – The Policy TimesAt an international meeting in Paris, world leaders, philanthropists, and organizations offered at least $40 billion to promote […]
July 28, 2021Shocking testimony of teenager raped, forced into illegal child marriage and then abandoned for 20 years – Yahoo NewsA victim of childhood sexual abuse in Bradford was raped by multiple men, physically abused and forced into […]
July 19, 2021Nicola Sturgeon urged to shut loophole on child brides – The TimesA child marriage survivor who was coerced into marrying a man twice her age when she was 16 […]
July 16, 2021Lockdown linked to spike in child marriage – The New Indian ExpressCOIMBATORE: Crime against children, especially child marriages have increased during the lockdown in the district. Police said that […]
July 14, 2021“We can do anything”: the Indian girls’ movement fighting child marriage – The GuardianPriyanka Bairwa was 15 when her family began to look for a husband for her. The pandemic sped […]
July 13, 2021We are lawmakers from 5 states that finally put an end to child marriage. It’s past time for the other 45 U.S. states to follow our lead. – Business InsiderThis is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the authors. We ended a human rights […]
July 9, 2021“FGM – is not a woman’s issue; it is everyone’s issue” – LexologyCrime-Stoppers are running a three-week campaign from 5 July 2021 to 25 July 2021. They are piloting two […]
July 8, 2021Hundreds in northeast Syria protest ‘honour killings’ – France 24Hundreds of women protested against so-called “honour killings” in northeast Syria on Tuesday after the latest murders of […]
July 8, 2021Girl is dragged to an abandoned house and shot by her tribe in ‘honour killing’ after running off with her lover and refusing to marry her cousin in Syria – Daily MailA girl was dragged to an abandoned house and shot by her tribe in a so-called ‘honour killing’ […]
July 8, 2021Pandemic could be increasing underage marriages among migrants – Stockholm Center of FreedomThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased poverty, which could lead to an increase in underage marriages among migrants in […]
June 24, 2021Sadia Hussein: the FGM survivor who is saving girls from the knife – The GuardianSadia Hussein had been in labour for three days when she felt she could take no more. She […]
June 22, 2021A 14-Year-Old Bride, Wed to Her Rapist, Playing on a Jungle Gym – The New York TimesFor years, the United States has campaigned against child marriage around the world, from Guatemala to Zimbabwe. But […]
June 16, 2021UK set to end legal loophole allowing child marriage – ReutersLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain must scrap a legal loophole allowing child marriage “by the back door”, […]
June 16, 2021Child Marriage Doesn’t Actually Happen Here, Right? – The New York TimesWhy is it so hard to end child marriage in America? In 1762, North Carolina’s colonial governor, Arthur […]
June 16, 2021UNICEF USA Applauds Passage Of Rhode Island Child Marriage Bill – ForbesParticularly during times of great hardship, we’re reminded of the power that comes with collective action. That’s just […]
June 14, 2021Government pledges to raise legal age of marriage to 18 in England and Wales – The GuardianThe government has committed to raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 in England and Wales […]
June 14, 2021Joy as girl who escaped the ‘cut’ 12 years ago reunites with family – The StarTears of joy rolled freely down the eyes of Sylvia Keeiz Kosikil as she was reunited with her […]
June 14, 2021UNFPA-UNICEF renew fight against FGM in the Nigerian State of Imo – The NationThe United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm over upsurge of female Genital Mutilation in the […]
June 10, 2021Helping women and girls claim their bodily autonomy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNFPABUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Lisa* was orphaned as a child and raised by her sister and […]
June 10, 202115 new cases of female genital mutilation reported in Portsmouth in the last year – Portsmouth NewsAccording to data from NHS Digital around 15 cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) were seen by NHS […]