Age BA, pore bie (education first, then marriage) – this simple slogan, long championed separately by a government education official and a committed grassroots volunteer in Durgapur, is now set to ...

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

In India, more and more women ... is how lonely a woman can feel in a marriage that looks perfectly fine from the outside.

India accounts for one in three of the world's child brides, according to the UN children's agency, with at least 1.5 million girls getting married each year.

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.

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NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – Child marriage continues to be prevalent with one in five girls and nearly one in six boys still being married as children, according to a study published in The Lancet ...

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 ...

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 Sunday.

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 ...