Maine became the fourteenth state to ban child marriage this week after Governor Janet Mills allowed a ban to become law.

Even though the prevalence of child marriage declined in India from 49.4% in 1993 to 22.3% in 2021, a Lancet Global Health study revealed that one in five underage girls and one in six boys are ...

GUWAHATI, India – A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s north-east has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said ...

A collective of voluntary organizations reports significant strides in combating child marriage in India. In 2024-25, over 1,351 child marriages were halted and over 1.2 lakh were prevented ...

India has made remarkable strides in the decline of child marriages over the last few decades and has led global progress to eliminate the practice. Child marriage is prohibited in India and the ...

The Indian state of Assam has repealed a colonial-era law that allowed child ... India has a uniform criminal code across the country, so-called “personal laws” governing issues like marriage ...

Child marriage is illegal in India and is regarded internationally as a human rights violation. Its roots in India run deep, and it has complex cultural and economic causes. But in this part of ...

Since child marriage is rampant in India, will increasing the age of marriage of women solve this issue? The increase in age of marriage is claimed to bring substantive benefits at the individual ...

More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a massive crackdown on child marriages in India’s northeastern state of Assam, an official said on Friday. Assam’s state government, which is led ...