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 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.

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 ...

Now Alizadeh is an activist who fights against child marriage. On Sept. 23, at the 2018 Social Good Summit in New York City, she debuted a new song, "Brave and Bold." ...

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 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%.

Story at a glance About 300,000 children and teens were legally married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, according to data from Unchained at Last, a nonprofit that works t… ...

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, ...