Hira Bibi, a 47-year-old rag picker and former child bride from a Bhubaneswar slum, has become a local hero by preventing six ...

In a significant recognition of grassroots innovation in social reform, District Magistrate Collector of Sepahijala District ...

Police from Sagarpara also arrested the fathers of the teacher and the girl. The law enforcers rescued the Class XI student ...

Gangaikondan, a town in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, has suddenly seen a flood of investments—from the likes of Tata ...

Punjab Social Security Minister Baljit Kaur reports the successful prevention of 58 child marriages over 15 months. The proactive efforts of the Punjab government include legal actions, awareness ...

Notably, hearing the petition by Just Rights for Children’s partner, SEVA, the Supreme Court passed a judgement last year on Child Marriage, which is a roadmap for action to end Child Marriage.

Banning child marriage is un-Islamic, Pakistan’s government was told after setting 18 as the minimum age to marry.

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

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said on Dec. 22. "We will ...

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 ...

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