A discussion meeting titled “Steps to Control Drug Abuse and Prevent Child Marriage” was held in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha with the aim of raising social awareness, keeping young people free ...
A bill crafted to close a marriage age loophole in Kentucky law advanced unanimously last Thursday during a Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee meeting.
Today marks a historic milestone in the fight against child marriage in the United States with the introduction of the Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2024. This groundbreaking federal legislation ...
Each year, approximately twelve million girls worldwide are married before the age of eighteen—often forced into lives of curtailed education, limited economic opportunity, and heightened ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A large proportion of women in India were married when they were still children, a study has found, and researchers warned that such unions carried higher risks of unwanted ...