In this article, we will take a look at the 17 countries with the highest child marriage rates in the world. We know that some cultures globally continue to permit child marriage as a deeply ...

The tragic experiences of forced marriages of girls as young as 12 often are spawned by poverty and lack of access to education.

A precocious 10-year-old straight out of a New Yorker cartoon grapples with status and a fracturing family in Gary Shteyngart ...

Child marriage remains legal in most U.S. States. Before it can curb this harmful practice abroad, the U.S. must first end it at home.

In a thought-provoking conversation with Firstpost’s Bhagyasree Sengupta, survivor Kate Yang exposes the ongoing crisis of ...

What would happen if the government got out of the marriage business? And if it won’t, should individuals decide to opt out? A scholar makes a forceful argument.

The world cannot keep its promise to end child marriage by year 2030 if California continues to hold up progress.

The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been frustratingly slow, according to a new report by UNICEF. The percentage of women age 20-24 who were married ...

Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread.

As several states propose child marriage bans, Missouri state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder hopes that she can use her experiences to encourage a shift in her state’s legislation.

Pakistan’s top Islamic body on Tuesday (May 27) rejected a bill that seeks to criminalize child marriages in Islamabad, describing it as “un-Islamic.” ...