AHA Foundation news on child marriage and forced marriage
August 8, 2017
Bangladesh has the fourth-highest rate of child marriage in the world. Though the numbers have reportedly declined in the last […]
August 8, 2017
A child bride taken to Bangladesh and forced into marriage at 15 says August is the ‘hot month’ […]
August 7, 2017
The NSPCC report of increasing calls in relation to forced marriage (Report, 31 July) is alarming. In 2016 more […]
July 31, 2017
A girl aged just five has reportedly been forced into marriage with a 22-year-old man in Pakistan. Police were […]
July 27, 2017
State legislators in the U.S. can no longer plead ignorance about child marriage in America. Not now that […]
July 24, 2017
A law passed during the New York legislative session that ended the practice of child marriage went into […]
July 24, 2017
At 14, Jenipher Sanni married a man who already had a wife and kids. He yelled at her […]
July 13, 2017
She was raped as a child. She was pregnant at age 10. She was forced to marry her […]
July 13, 2017
A bill zeroing in on marriages involving any California resident under the age of 18 is sparking debate at […]
July 10, 2017
More than 200,000 children were married in the US over the past 15 years, new figures have revealed. Three 10-year-old girls and […]
July 7, 2017
A Bay Area legislator was shocked when he learned from a young constituent that while Californians cannot legally […]
July 7, 2017
As a girl growing up in California, Nicole handled pet snakes, bullfrogs and iguanas. She dreamed of becoming […]
July 3, 2017
In 1970 Sherry Johnson was 10 years old when she was first raped by a member of her […]
June 30, 2017
On the morning of October 19, 1983, Trevicia Williams’ goal was to land the role of Annie in […]
June 28, 2017
Advocates for ending child marriage are trying a new tactic: Show governments just how much the practice is […]