In 2014, Nepal pledged to end child marriage by 2020 as one of its sustainable development goals. Two years later, it reset ...

More broadly, child marriage, or unions that often involve coercion concerning a girl under the age of 18, “remains a ...

A Senate Bill, SB156, an act to increase the minimum age for marriage, has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 4-2 ...

Actress Jaya Bachchan once shared her thoughts on relationships and modern-day romance during a conversation with her granddaughter, Navya Naveli Nanda, on the podcast What The Hell Navya.

“The U.S. withdrawal from WHO, together with the potential freeze of over a dozen health-related programs, will create problems in Nepal’s health sector,” Budhathoki added. Veteran media ...

When Thailand's long-awaited equal marriage law came into effect on Thursday, police officer Pisit "Kew" Sirihirunchai hoped to be among the first in line to marry his long-term partner Chanatip "Jane ...

Thailand is the first country or region in South East Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, and the third in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal ... legal connection to their child.

January and February are significant months in Nepal’s modern political history, especially for Kathmandu and Madhesh. While ...

Stakeholders have emphasized keeping the legal age of marriage at 20 years, as decided by the government.Currently, Nepali law prohibits marriage until the age of 20. National statistics indicate that ...

As part of the Child Marriage Free Nepal campaign in seven provinces of Nepal, Just Rights for Children (JRC) and Backward Society Education (BASE) jointly organised awareness events in Hetauda, the ...