February 20, 2017Bill would outlaw female circumcision in VirginiaThe General Assembly is considering a bill that would make the practice of female genital mutilation a misdemeanor […]
February 20, 2017Advocates Demand New York Lawmakers Outlaw Child MarriageUnchained at Last’s has displayed incredible leadership on criminalizing child marriage in the US. Child advocates in New York […]
February 20, 2017National Assembly passes law to ban child, forced marriagesPakistan has interdicted child marriage and hardened penalties for those guilty of the crime in an effort to […]
February 20, 2017Young women who were captives of Boko Haram speak: NigeriaAfter conquering Bama, the second-largest town in Nigeria’s Borno state, a small group of fighters from the militant […]
February 9, 2017Study: A New Strategy To Stop Female Genital MutilationWhy does female genital mutilation (FGM) — a practice that the U.N. has classified as violence against women […]
February 9, 2017Women must undergo female genital mutilation to curb male ‘sexual weakness’, Egyptian MP saysAn Egyptian MP has said women must undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) to help curb male “sexual weakness”. […]
February 9, 2017Trump’s Immigration Ban Was Clumsy But He’s Right About Radical IslamI was a Muslim refugee once. I know what it’s like. I know what it’s like to gamble […]
February 9, 2017The legal age you can get married around the world, mappedAround the world, children are taken from their families and married off against their will, often at the […]
February 9, 2017Experts hope Costa Rica child marriage ban curbs teen pregnancyCosta Rica has raised the minimum age for marriage to 18 under a law that experts hope will […]
February 9, 2017New Research on Child Marriage in 2016: What Did We Learn?2016 was a big year for research on child marriage. New data and analysis emerged, building our understanding […]
February 9, 2017Refugee Brides: What should Germany do about its child marriage problem?Germany is on the frontline of controversial debate that has put European governments in a quandary – whether […]
February 9, 2017Marrying Your Rapist in MalaysiaSurvivors of rape often say they are left with devastating, sometimes lifelong, trauma. One woman who was sexually […]
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, 2017Va. Senate OKs Sen. Black’s bill to outlaw female circumcisionThe Virginia Senate passed a bill Thursday that would make the practice of female genital mutilation a misdemeanor […]
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 9, 2017Protect girls from genital mutilation in MassachusettsWhat you are about to read may disturb you. It is not against the law in Massachusetts for […]
February 2, 2017Afghan woman, 23, has ears cut off by jealous husbandA 23-year-old woman named Zarina from the northern province of Balkh in Afghanistan was reportedly in stable condition […]
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 […]