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January 14, 2021
For the first time ever, charges have been brought against someone for allegedly transporting a child outside of […]
January 12, 2021
Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of girls in Canada have been married before turning 18, researchers […]
January 7, 2021
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States has toughened its ban on the “abhorrent practice” of female genital […]
January 5, 2021
In early December, Christine Ghati Alfons taught a menstrual hygiene class to a group of girls, 10 to […]
January 5, 2021
KOIDU, Sierra Leone (AP) — The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with […]
January 5, 2021
CHENNAI: Against the backdrop of high incidence of child marriages across South Asian countries, the Feminist Inquiries into […]
December 18, 2020
Congress delivered a long-overdue holiday gift to thousands of young women and girls in the United States. The […]
December 17, 2020
A rare worthwhile bipartisan bill has passed Congress that will outlaw female genital mutilation as a matter of federal law. […]
December 14, 2020
A rights group found evidence of 2,000 women, including some 200 minors, in Germany last year who underwent […]
December 10, 2020
A deep, sonorous melody pierces the night sky when young Samburu warriors celebrate an impending marriage. These songs, […]
December 10, 2020
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 7- President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday said the government is considering adopting the use of […]
December 9, 2020
Sudanese authorities have announced they will end child marriage and enforce the country’s ban on female genital mutilation […]
December 9, 2020
Last January, a married couple from Dublin were jailed for the genital mutilation of their infant daughter. The […]
December 3, 2020
Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has […]
November 13, 2020
The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill prohibiting and declaring child marriage as […]