UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause ...

Access to education and skills training helps girls avoid early marriage and gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential. A peer facilitator displays materials from the Rupantaran tool ...

Ijara MP Sophia Abdi Noor and UNICEF Kenya Representative Werner Schultink during the launch of the #EndChildMarriageKE campaign at Australian High Commission in ...

The organisations have succeeded in rescuing these girls through the Almajiri and Out-of-School Adolescent Girls Project initiative in some Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. United Nations ...

According to UNICEF, there are 23 million girls and women married out as children in Nigeria. The agency said there are 23 million girls and women married out as children in the country. UNICEF’s ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change-driven extreme weather - from flooding and mudslides to blistering heat - is accelerating migration to Bangladesh's cities, raising the risks of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a ...

(CNN) — Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet in Bangladesh, she says, “I always thought, I have no brother, ...