June 7, 2018

An American 13-Year-Old, Pregnant and Married to Her Rapist – The New York Times

The image above is a stock photo, not a photo of the girl in the story. Dawn Tyree […]
June 1, 2018

More Than Half the World’s Children Are at Risk of Poverty, Conflict, and Gender Bias, Report Says – Time Magazine

June 1st is International Children’s Day and we are choosing to celebrate by remembering by 2030 it is […]
May 29, 2018

New Jersey Assembly Shelves Vote on Banning Child Marriages – The Observer

The Assembly shelved a vote Thursday on a bill that would make New Jersey the second state in […]
May 18, 2018

Delaware Ends Child Marriage; 49 To Go and Counting – HRW

Heather Barr is a Senior Researcher in the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. In this piece […]
May 16, 2018

Missouri marriage laws criticized for being lenient – KOMU

JEFFERSON CITY – State lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a marriage bill that has drawn national attention […]
May 14, 2018

Proposal to ban child marriages in Norway – Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs

We want to send a clear message, nationally as well as internationally, that we do not accept people […]
May 11, 2018

She stabbed her husband as he raped her. A court sentenced her to death – CNN

(CNN) A 19-year-old Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing the man she was forced to […]
May 10, 2018

Delaware Becomes First State to Ban Child Marriage – PBS

On Wednesday, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law a bill setting the minimum marriage age at 18, […]
May 4, 2018

Delaware Expected To Be The First State To Ban Child Marriage Outright – NPR

The Delaware Senate voted unanimously Thursday to become the first state in the U.S. to ban child marriage, […]
September 20, 2016

Five Questions About Forced Marriage You Were Afraid to Ask

1. Why can’t people just say “no” to a marriage? Why is it forced? While we like to […]
April 25, 2016

Tent Dealers in India Protest Child Marriage

In a sign of protest against child marriage, 47,000 tent dealers in India have refused to sell their […]
April 5, 2016

Child Marriage in the United States

Child marriage is a problem throughout the world, including in the United States. Most states set the legal […]
February 19, 2016

Efforts to Stop Child Marriage in the US

Virginia State Senator Jill Vogel began a campaign against child marriage in her state after she learned of […]
February 17, 2016

YouTube Video Highlights Problem of Child Marriage

A new YouTube video has received a lot of attention and is highlighting the issue of child brides. […]
January 28, 2016

Documentary “Sonita” Raises Awareness About Child Marriage

Sundance Film Festival is screening the film “Sonita,” a documentary by Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami. The film […]
January 27, 2016

Child Marriages in Pakistan

In the Pakistani district of Thar, child brides are very common. Girls are often married at 9 and […]
December 11, 2015

Drought in Ethiopia Effecting Forced Marriages

A drought in Ethiopia is having a terrible effect on the rate of forced marriages in the country, in […]
December 10, 2015

Activists in Zimbabwe Condemn Child Marriage

Activists in Zimbabwe are pushing for legislation that would decrease the rates of men using marriage as a […]
December 9, 2015

Charity Highlights Problem of Child Marriage in Lebanon

The charity organization, KAFA, created a movie to highlight the prevalence and acceptance of child marriage in Lebanon. […]
December 8, 2015

Underage Brides in Turkey

Nuriye Kadan stated that 1/3 of Turkey’s marriages involve underage brides at a recent conference. Kadan is an […]