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 ...

Despite efforts to end child marriage globally, an estimated 12 million girls are still married each year. West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of ...

She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders ...

The Adonteng Division of Nyakrom Traditional Council has unanimously declared a ‘big no’ to end child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the Area. The declaration was made at a forum organised by the ...

The U.S. gave it more than $6.5 billion in humanitarian assistance last year for wide-ranging projects like disease response, ...

Child marriage is also a growing concern among refugee children, including those from Myanmar and the Central African Republic. Rizwana’s leadership skills led her to being selected as a Save the ...

Child marriage disproportionately affects girls and is found nearly everywhere. It is particularly widespread in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half of the girls in some ...

The founder of the Makerere Community Church, pastor Martin Sempa has called for the formal recognition of polygamy within Christian marriages during his appearance before the Committee on Legal and ...

Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...