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December 10, 2020
At the age of 16, Shagufa, then living in Afghanistan, was forced into a marriage with a man […]
May 12, 2020
Both Pennsylvania and Minnesota recently voted unanimously to ban child marriage, becoming the third and fourth states in […]
May 1, 2020
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Legislation to prohibit marriage before the age of 18, unanimously passed the House and […]
April 29, 2020
UNITED NATIONS, New York – A clear view of the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is only beginning […]
March 13, 2020
CONCORD — The New Hampshire House voted Wednesday to raise the age for marriage in the state to […]
March 4, 2020
(CNN)Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison stirred controversy when they married in 2011. She was 16 at the time, […]
February 18, 2020
An effort to raise Minnesota’s legal marriage age to 18 without exception appears to be gaining traction at […]
January 28, 2020
Ayaan Hirsi Ali says people who view themselves as victims are holding themselves and society back, and she […]
January 27, 2020
Growing up, I had the same dream many little girls do—of a wedding full of love, pretty flowers, […]
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 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 […]
September 12, 2019
I just returned from back-to-back industry conferences. Each year when I meet new people and say I’m from […]
September 11, 2019
A bill that would have ended child marriage in Idaho — which has no minimum age for couples […]
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 […]
July 31, 2019
(CNN)The sixth wife of the billionaire ruler of Dubai has applied to a London court for an order […]
July 25, 2019
BOSTON — Massachusetts could become the latest state to outlaw child marriage, a practice that child welfare advocates […]