Child marriage remains a serious problem in Nepal, where 10 per cent of girls marry before they are 15, a human rights report has claimed.

Activists who fight child marriage say they are working in the most difficult conditions they have ever faced, even as the problem worsens. Nepal has imposed harsh restrictions on vehicular movement.

Nepal's child marriage rate is one of the highest in the world. Child marriage has affected 5 million child brides there, including 1.3 million who are married before the age of 15.

Nepal, with the third highest rate of child marriage in Asia – 37 percent of girls married before 18, and 10 percent married by 15 – had been praised for acting to end child marriage.

Child marriage is most prevalent in sub-Saharan African countries such as Niger and Chad, but due to population size, the largest number of child brides live in South Asia. Nepal, home to 28 ...

Child marriage in Nepal typically sees girls hand over complete control of their future to the family of their husband. It often cuts off education and employment, and increases the likelihood of ...

Nepal is considered to have the third highest child marriage rate in Asia with some girls under the age of 15 being wed even though child marriage has been illegal in the country since 1963. The ...

Although the tradition of marrying infants is dying out, child marriage is a serious problem in Nepal. Thirty-seven percent of Nepal’s girls and 11 percent of boys marrying before they turn 18 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Traditional practices, poverty, last year’s massive earthquake and Nepal’s ongoing political instability mean child marriages remain a serious problem in the country ...

KATHMANDU: British Prince Harry said that child marriage was not the problem of Nepal only, but of the entire world. Addressing the Nepal's Girl Summit 2016, he underscored that families ...

In Nepal and across the world, child marriage is rising. In a report released Monday, the UN Children’s Fund predicted that an additional 10 million girls this decade will be at risk of child ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Traditional practices, poverty, last year's massive earthquake and Nepal's ongoing political instability mean child marriages remain a serious problem in the country, where 10 ...