April 29, 2010Nigeria probes senator accused of marrying childNigeria’s parliament on Thursday launched an investigation into whether a 49-year-old senator illegally married an underage girl, a […]
April 29, 2010Reem Al NumeryTime Magazine’s 2010 100 most influential people includes Reem al Numery, who at the age of 12 was […]
April 22, 2010Saudi Arabia to introduce minimum marriage age after 11-year-old wins divorceSaudi Arabia could introduce a minimum age of marriage for the first time after a girl who married […]
April 20, 2010Protection orders for girls held to be at risk of forced marriageA High Court judge in Belfast has imposed protection orders regarding two girls he held to be at […]
March 22, 2010Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is ImperiledIn Yemen, a ban on child brides is imperiled as some of Yemen’s most influential Muslim leaders have […]
March 17, 2010Muslim girls 10, 11 separated from husbandsTwo Malaysian girls aged 10 and 11 who were wed to middle-aged men have been separated from their […]
March 11, 2010Muslim child brides on riseTop immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships of husbands […]
February 11, 2010In some cultures, not all marriages are made in heavenA doctoral student in criminology at the University of Montraal (Canada), Madeline Lamboley believes it’s time to lift […]
February 2, 2010From Quebec to France: forced marriages still existMadeline Lamboley, a PhD student from the Universite de Montreal School of Criminology, hopes to create more data […]
January 28, 2010Forced marriage victims’ calls going unansweredCalls for help from forced marriage victims are being ignored because the British Government has cut funding to […]
January 17, 2010West Midlands (UK) cops foil honour killingsPolice have foiled more than 25 potential honour killings in the West Midlands in the last year, the […]
January 14, 2010Website to tackle honour violenceVictims of forced marriage or honor violence can now turn to online counselors for help: a website, called […]
January 9, 2010Social workers failing women facing forced marriage, says reportAlmost half of the 86 females who were granted civil safeguards in cases of forced marriage over the […]
January 8, 2010Social workers failing women facing forced marriage, says reportChildren as young as nine have been rescued from forced marriages under new special protection orders in the […]
December 22, 2009Man urged son to rape cousin, 12A man who encouraged his teenage son to marry and rape his 12-year-old cousin has been jailed: the […]
November 26, 2009Twice as many women as expected helped to avoid forced marriageIn the United Kingdom, nearly twice as many women as expected have been placed under special protection against […]
November 22, 2009New British law helps women facing forced marriageA new British law has saved at least 86 victims from forced marriages thus far, but more remains […]
November 19, 2009Darwish dis-invited from Princeton UniversityAt Princeton University, a planned talk by Egyptian-American human rights activist Nonie Darwish was canceled Tuesday evening when […]
October 22, 2009Cautious welcome to anti-forced marriage planSwiss campaigners against forced marriage have welcomed government plans to impose tougher penalties on those found guilty of […]
October 6, 2009Children face forced marriages in NorwayIn Norway, the Red Cross has set up a hotline for women facing forced marriage or FGM: according […]