Government agencies in the Philippines have partnered up to launch a national plan to end "harmful marriage practices," ...

MANILA – The Philippines on Friday launched a multiyear national action plan to end child, early, and forced marriages and ...

On October 6, Georgia was shocked by the news of the murder of 14-year-old ethnic Azerbaijani girl Aytaj Shahmarova. The teen was allegedly gunned down by her 27-year-old "husband," Alim Aslanov.

No child deprived of her human rights can imagine a path to a brighter future without support to overcome obstacles and someone to light the way. Child marriage, the early or forced marriage of a ...

The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require significant reforms.

Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being. After 13-year-old Zemzem was abducted in southern Ethiopia, quick-thinking members of a UNICEF-supported youth group ...

New Delhi, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Thursday said child marriage snatches childhood away from daughters and pushes them towards early maternity and "unimaginable ...

By Kirsten TABANGIntroductionWhat is child marriage in Ghana? What has been the prevalent cause of people who marry before the age of eighteen (18)? What best practices under international law ensure ...

Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to one-year imprisonment for child marriage and ...