A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

On November 14, the Balochistan Assembly passed the Child Marriage Prohibition Bill with a majority vote. The new law sets the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 for both males and females, and ...

The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

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Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice. Child marriage refers to a formal or informal ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Survivor testimony is fueling a new initiative to eliminate Ohio’s last legal pathway for minors to marry, and lawmakers from across party lines seem largely aligned on the matter.

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Sir: Child marriage, particularly prevalent in Northern Nigeria, remains one of the most disturbing yet insufficiently confronted crises of our time. It persists quietly, shielded by tradition, ...