SHAH ALAM – The practice of marrying females under the age of 18 in certain states remains deeply concerning, drawing sharp ... no corresponding ban on child marriage for Muslim girls.

The devastation of child marriage effectively ends a girl’s childhood. How? Forced marriage robs a girl of her education and more, replacing lessons learned in the classroom with adult ...

(JTA) — New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, DC, was signed into law last week following advocacy by a coalition including Unchained At Last, a Jewish-led organization that ...

Child marriage disproportionately affects girls and is found nearly everywhere. It is particularly widespread in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half of the girls in some ...

On January 1, New Hampshire officially implemented a comprehensive ban on child marriage, setting a stringent age limit of 18 ...

Cancel anytime. Missouri Sen. Mike Moon explains his support for child marriage in the context of a couple he knows who married at 11- and 12-years-old when the child became pregnant. Video ...

Changemaker Award winner Payal Jangid says her "greatest accomplishment" is ending child marriage in her home village of Hinsla Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

Odisha has reported at least three such cases every day during the last six years, despite several initiatives taken by the administration, according to government data. Activists working in this ...