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Jodhpur, India (CNN) — The Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) of 1929 set out to “eradicate the evil of […]
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November 13, 2020
In a bid to end the harmful practice of child marriage across Maharashtra, the Women and Child Development […]
January 9, 2018
India’s top court has ruled that sex with a child is always rape, quashing a clause that allowed […]
January 7, 2018
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kausalya and her husband of eight months were shown no mercy when […]
May 23, 2016
21 men have come out against the practice of khatna, or female circumcision, within the Dawoodi Bohra community […]
May 9, 2016
While there is pressure to change the abuses of women’s rights and the patriarchal structure in India, in villages […]
April 25, 2016
In a sign of protest against child marriage, 47,000 tent dealers in India have refused to sell their […]
January 12, 2016
A group of women in India who were subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in their youth are […]
October 27, 2015
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has investigated 20 cases of forced marriage in the past 9 months, many […]
January 31, 2015
One survivor of forced marriage, who was ultimately able to escape from India back to London, writes a […]
December 18, 2013
In India, a 15-year-old girl was able to escape a forced marriage. Read more here.
November 27, 2013
In one of India’s most highly awaited verdicts, the parents of Aarushi Talwar, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, have been found […]
October 12, 2013
In India, some girls are saying “No” to forced marriage and “Yes” to continuing their education. Read more […]
November 20, 2012
The marriage of a young Indian couple has been declared “absolutely null and void” by a court because […]
June 14, 2011
From forced marriages in Afghanistan and “honor killings” in Pakistan to feticide in India and trafficking in Nepal, […]
May 11, 2011
India’s top court recommended the death penalty for perpetrators of “honor killings,” calling the practice barbaric and feudal […]
March 9, 2011
Muslim women have been banned from traveling more than 48 miles from their homes without being chaperoned by […]
December 22, 2010
A man shot dead his mother in a courtroom in Pakistan’s Punjab province in what is being described […]
September 12, 2010
Fighting against convention, 1,000 Muslim women congregated at Hyderpur in Malda (India) to offer Eid namaz on Saturday […]
March 27, 2009
An Indian rape victim has told a city court that she wants to marry her violator in order […]