“Some rural girls see marriage as saving themselves from the control of their families,” says an activist in the capital, Sanaa. The outsider's impulse toward child bride rescue scenarios can ...

The devastation of child marriage effectively ends a girl’s childhood. How? Forced marriage robs a girl of her education and more, replacing lessons learned in the classroom with adult ...

Missouri moves to ban child marriage with bipartisan legislation. You can view where child marriage is still legal with this ...

Here are five African countries where child marriage is legal or permitted. Child marriage is a violation of children’s rights and is detrimental to the lives of children, families, society ...

Missouri used to be a national haven for child statutory rapists because of its shamefully lax child-marriage laws: Until a few years ago, kids as young as 15 could marry with the permission of just ...

As researchers find that more than 60 per cent of Bangladeshi families practise child marriage, campaigners fight to keep girls in education Kneeling on the carpet in a schoolroom made of battered ...

New Hampshire could become the latest US state to ban child marriage after its House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. Until 2016, child ...

The Supreme Court has issued new guidelines against child marriage—a vexed issue for West Bengal, which still seems stuck in the past. The court has mandated that every district appoint a Child ...