A senior official in the Saudi Arabian Justice Ministry boldly declared that the government finally will attack a significant national problem: child marriage. It's not uncommon to hear about ...

More Theo Wargo/Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images For L'Oreal. To solve these problems, ... I've been through FGM and child marriage. These issues are very personal to me.

Child marriage remains legal in most U.S. states, leaving minors open to abuse and vulnerabilities within the legal system, advocates say. Only 12 states currently have a minimum marriage age of ...

Child marriage is a problem in the US that needs urgent action. Only 12 out of 50 states have a ban on this harmful practice. Maniza Habib. Research Associate at the Population Institute.

Globally, 100 million girls are at risk of being forced into child marriage over the next decade, according to UNICEF. In certain parts of Africa and Asia, girls from minority religions face the ...

No child should be forced into a marriage to create an avenue for our “husbands” to immigrate, or for any other reason. And while the U.S. government already had some policies in place to ...

Child marriage at any age is still legal in California. Our state must pass legislation making it legal for adults age 18 and up to marry.

Image. Ms. Banda speaking in Geneva, in 2019. ... She noted that child marriage is a multidimensional problem that requires a multidimensional solution of scholarships, ...

Child marriages in India dropped from 54.2% in 1992-93 to 23.3% in 2019-21, as per the NFHS data. But West Bengal has held steady at around 41%.