AHA Foundation news on child marriage and forced marriage
November 24, 2017
A dozen young women sit in a stuffy, gnat-filled room in a community center in Coatecas Altas, part […]
November 24, 2017
Saying 18 is plenty young enough, a Scottsdale lawmaker wants to repeal existing Arizona laws that allow children […]
November 21, 2017
A Flint-area man sought to pay $100 a month for a girl age 7 to 10 years old […]
November 21, 2017
Her email username is “forgivingtheunforgivable.” And Sherrie Von Johnson, who describes herself as “an advocate as well as […]
November 14, 2017
A new law that could legalise marriage for children as young as nine in Iraq would be “catastrophic”, setting back […]
November 14, 2017
After being married off at the age of 19 to an abusive husband by her ultra-Orthodox Jewish family […]
November 10, 2017
State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert strongly criticized the Iraqi parliament’s approval, in principle, of a draft law that […]
November 10, 2017
We’ve never had this many female pupils before,” says principal Lal Chandra Pandey as the class opens their […]
November 10, 2017
As lawmakers in both the House and the Senate push for a strict ban on minors getting married, […]
November 7, 2017
FIU professor Sandy Skelaney and graduate student Allison Sardinas have been making the rounds in Tallahassee on a mission to […]
November 6, 2017
Sitting on the floor and dressed in black, the 15-year-old held her baby as panicked tears welled in […]
November 6, 2017
If you think child marriage is a thing of the past, think again: Here in America, tens of […]
October 31, 2017
Nine countries have in recent years made positive changes in their laws that protect children from marrying before […]
October 30, 2017
Sitting on the floor and dressed in black, the 15-year-old held her baby as panicked tears welled in […]
October 26, 2017
Lawmakers want to “delay, but not deny” the ability of those under 18 to wed, state Rep. Lori Berman said at […]