Among the many vexing problems with which the world continues to grapple is the issue of child marriage, a matter that predominantly affects girls in less developed countries. As the United ...

It was in 2003 when Sinclair became fully aware of the problem of child marriage. She was in Herat, Afghanistan, doing a project about girls who were committing suicide by setting themselves on fire.

I was twice a child bride, and I later had surgeries to reverse the FGM. I first got married at 15 and then again at 17. I was scared of intimacy; it was painful because of the procedures I'd been ...

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 ...

Levesque had worked for this day for a long time. In 2017, as a part of a Girl Scout project, she lobbied the New Hampshire legislature to act against child marriage.

Child marriage remains a problem in many other parts of the world, but the practice is more widespread in West and Central Africa. Three countries Niger, Chad, and the Central African Republic ...

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 ...

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.

Child marriage has long been portrayed as an issue in the developing world – especially in India and various nations in Africa and the Middle East. Americans are often surprised by its ...

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

The six states that have banned child marriage with no exception are New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Rhode Island and now New York. The legislation across the remaining states varies.