In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, teenage girls are commonly forced to marry before reaching adulthood, in spite of laws setting ...

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Chief Minister Manik Saha, while attending a campaign under the NeshaMukt Bharat Abhiyan, addressed the growing concern of child marriage in the state. He reiterated that girls cannot be married ...

Although recent amendments have addressed some shortcomings of the legal framework governing rape in Bangladesh, it remains ...

Three girls reveal how they escaped forced marriage in communities where a first period signals it's time to wed ...

Early marriage often leads to early motherhood, when a girl’s body is not yet physically ready. This contributes to a lifetime of health complications, from uterine disorders to chronic anemia and eve ...

There are today more than 650 million women suffering the direct consequences of child marriage. Global instability - war and ...

The world has witnessed many movements and efforts to bridge the gap between genders, i.e., men and women and the process has been going on for more than a century. In the post-World War 2 scenario, ...

Reiterating its stand against the child marriage, the Assam government has recently disqualified and removed four ward members from their concerned panchayats for their involvement in child marriage.

The man who already has two wives, got married to a sixyear old girl on Friday and was stopped by Taliban administration from ...

Young people are considered powerful agents of change, as evidenced by our country. The student-and youth-led July uprising ...

In a deeply disturbing case emerging from southern Afghanistan, a six-year-old girl was allegedly sold and forced into ...