March 20, 2017Malawai Changes Law To End Child MarriageMalawi has made a historic amendment to its constitution to fully outlaw child marriage following a year-long campaign […]
March 16, 2017Jasvinder Sanghera: I ran away to escape a forced marriageJasvinder Sanghera was locked in a room by her parents when she was 16, when she refused to […]
March 16, 2017Bangladesh: Legalizing Child Marriage Threatens Girls’ SafetyThe Bangladesh Government should move quickly to adopt regulations to limit the harms of a new law that […]
March 16, 2017Governor Cuomo Announces New Legislation to End Child MarriageGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is advancing new legislation to end child marriage by raising […]
February 20, 2017UN General Assembly Adopts 2nd Resolution on Child, Early, and Forced MarriageOn 19 December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a second resolution on child, early and […]
February 20, 2017Government to enlist clerics in fight against child marriage in IndonesiaThe government has decided to seek unlikely allies in its struggle to end child marriage: religious leaders, the […]
February 20, 2017Scourge of Child Marriage in Africa Continues“I’ve never experienced happiness in my marriage. I’ve never seen the benefit of being married,” Chimwemwe told me […]
February 20, 2017Child marriages on the rise amid Yemeni conflictAt only 16 years old, Suha had not thought about marriage until her father told her she would […]
February 20, 2017If You Don’t Want Child Brides In Bangladesh, Don’t Accept Them In Britain Either“But child marriage is legal in the UK—so why shouldn’t it be allowed here?” Those were the words […]
February 20, 2017Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States?Michelle DeMello walked into the clerk’s office in Colorado thinking for sure someone would save her. She was […]
February 20, 2017Advocates Demand New York Lawmakers Outlaw Child MarriageUnchained at Last’s has displayed incredible leadership on criminalizing child marriage in the US. Child advocates in New York […]
February 20, 2017National Assembly passes law to ban child, forced marriagesPakistan has interdicted child marriage and hardened penalties for those guilty of the crime in an effort to […]
February 9, 2017The legal age you can get married around the world, mappedAround the world, children are taken from their families and married off against their will, often at the […]
February 9, 2017Experts hope Costa Rica child marriage ban curbs teen pregnancyCosta Rica has raised the minimum age for marriage to 18 under a law that experts hope will […]
February 9, 2017New Research on Child Marriage in 2016: What Did We Learn?2016 was a big year for research on child marriage. New data and analysis emerged, building our understanding […]
February 9, 2017Refugee Brides: What should Germany do about its child marriage problem?Germany is on the frontline of controversial debate that has put European governments in a quandary – whether […]
February 9, 2017Marrying Your Rapist in MalaysiaSurvivors of rape often say they are left with devastating, sometimes lifelong, trauma. One woman who was sexually […]
February 9, 2017Trinidad & Tobago Moves to End Child Marriage, Despite Religious OppositionWith the proclamation of The Children Act on May 18, 2015, Trinidad and Tobago raised the age of sexual […]
February 2, 2017The Conversation on BBC – Forced MarriageTwo women who’ve escaped forced marriage and now fight for the rights of other victims talk to Maryam […]
January 27, 2017Former Pakistani child bride shares story with studentsPakistani-American Naila Amin, 27, of Baldwin, stood in front of Mepham High School’s Leadership and Voices of the […]