Child marriage in Afghanistan, already widespread, has grown more severe under the Taliban’s ban on female education and ...

Ending child marriage in the US will first require recognising it as an urgent, ongoing, domestic problem. Further stigmatising the practice or ostracising affected communities will not help.

The Supreme Court has issued new guidelines against child marriage—a vexed issue for West Bengal, which still seems stuck in the past. The court has mandated that every district appoint a Child ...

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 ...

I have a real problem with how NGOs and development agencies have operated in the FGM space. They come into communities and pit organizations against each other for little money.

Survivor of child marriage Naila Amin advocates for federal law banning marriage for children under age 18 in this op-ed.

Opinion Sex with a child under age 18 is a crime in California — unless the adult marries the child first. Child marriage is not a gender-neutral problem.

The drivers of child marriage are multifaceted; poverty and cultural practices — including the longstanding tradition of initiation camps — are important components of the problem.

Child marriage remains legal in most states, leaving minors vulnerable to abuse and legal challenges, advocates say.