Since 2018, 16 states and Washington, D.C., have ended child marriage by raising the legal age for marriage to 18.

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

In a move toward safeguarding children's rights, Missouri is working to fully ban child marriage through bipartisan legislation in the state legislature. The proposed legislation—in the form of two ...

Sherry Johnson, just 11 years old at the time, stood in a Florida courtroom in 1971 wearing what she later described as a wedding dress. She was about to be married against her will to a church deacon ...

Somalia made global headlines in recent times after its parliament briefly outlawed child marriage, only to reverse the ...