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December 12, 2019
SURKHET, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – If it wasn’t for her self-annointed “Big Sister”, Punam Pun Magar would […]
December 5, 2019
Advocates push to outlaw child marriage in Michigan, citing sexual abuse concerns – Michigan Advance
The state Legislature has yet to take up a bipartisan bill package that would outlaw child marriages by […]
November 4, 2019
Naila Amin was just 13 years old when her parents took her from her home in Queens, New […]
November 1, 2019
In 2018, Delaware and New Jersey became the first states to ban marriage under the age of 18 […]
October 16, 2019
Airport bathrooms will be targeted as part of a new campaign to crackdown on predators who are forcing […]
October 10, 2019
“America is the home of the brave and the land of the free. When people seek haven in […]
October 3, 2019
CAIRO, Egypt – Female genital mutilation has been outlawed in Egypt for more than a decade, but it remains […]
September 26, 2019
An anti-female genital mutilation organization is urging Vermont lawmakers, and those from 15 other states, to enact laws […]
September 25, 2019
An estimated 3.9 million girls around the world are at risk of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) […]
September 17, 2019
When Nesreen Irsan, a 23-year-old Muslim, ran away from home, converted to Christianity and married her American boyfriend, Coty Beavers, no […]
September 16, 2019
Washington — A federal court has denied House Democrats’ request to intervene in the appeal of a Michigan criminal […]
September 13, 2019
his week, the Violence Against Women Act turns 25 years old. The act was passed in 1994 with […]
September 12, 2019
I just returned from back-to-back industry conferences. Each year when I meet new people and say I’m from […]
August 29, 2019
LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – Some objections to signing marriage licenses for same-sex couples led to a change […]
August 12, 2019
The first time she became a bride, Genevieve Meyer doesn’t remember what the groom was wearing. She doesn’t […]