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

As part of efforts to protect the girl-child and promote their welfare, stakeholders from the Sakai community in the Sissala East Municipality in the Upper West Region have come out with measures ...

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 ...

Child marriage and teenage pregnancy remain widespread, driven by poverty, harmful cultural practices, and weak social protection systems. In Karamoja Sub-region, one of Uganda’s most vulnerable ...

A pregnant 14-year-old's 2005 Kansas marriage to a 22-year-old man prompted the state to set a minimum marriage age the ...

SHAMVA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their hearts out. They ...

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

When the Kentucky legislature passed new protections against child marriage into law in 2018, Donna Simmons felt her years of tireless advocacy to prevent other teens from predatory marriages had ...