EFFORTS to stop child marriage in the Bangsamoro region should move beyond information campaigns and awareness drives, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, urging the use of culturally ...

IRBIL, Iraq -- Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of ...

The Bangladesh-born British national was bailed to appear at Northampton Crown Court on November 20 for sentencing.

Cultural and religious norms, poverty and weak law enforcement continue to drive cases of child marriage in Sulu and ...

Indonesian authorities are investigating an Islamic wedding planning service for promoting the marriage of girls as young as 12 years old, despite laws that forbid child marriage.

A study commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) identified cultural and religious norms, poverty, and weak enforcement of child protection laws as primary drivers ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of ...

Despite being illegal under article 10 of the Personal Status Law (1959), which governs all family matters for Muslims in Iraq, marriages entered into outside of the Personal Status Court continue to ...

Iraq’s new Ja’afari Personal Status Code, passed by parliament on August 27, discriminates against women by favoring men in ...