Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and ...

According to official statistics, 16 child marriages were stopped in 2024, while the number rose to 49 in 2025. Despite ...

Wanita DAP vice-chairman Kasthuri Patto said children need to be protected as they will be the next generation of leaders in Asean. A Wanita DAP leader has called on the women, family and community ...

BHOPAL: Marriages of girls aged below 18 years continue to increase in Madhya Pradesh, despite the government claims of working against it in a focussed manner, especially through public awareness ...

CHENNAI: The number of child marriages in Tamil Nadu has increased at an alarming rate of 55.6 per cent between 2023 and 2024. While 1,054 marriages took place in 2023, it increased to 1,640 in 2024 ...

21% of country’s child marriages took place in Karnataka in 2022, with 215 alarming cases Karnataka may appear as the most progressive state, but it is creating an alarming record in reporting the ...

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty. Kamble said he has helped ...

More than 300 girls have been rescued from early marriages in Nkhata Bay district since 2022 through a four‑year initiative ...

With the help of a local charity and child marriage activist, 18-year old child bride who was married off at just 11 months finally wins her freedom. After 18 years of persecution, Santadevi Meghwal ...

Child marriages in India halved from 47.4 % to 23.3 % in 2019-21 since the introduction of the Prevention of Child Marriage Act in 2006, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said ...

12 year old Fawziyah Abdullah Youssef dies in childbirth after 3 days of labor. DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 14, 2009— -- After days of struggling through labor a 12-year-old "child bride" has died in Yemen ...

Before monsoon rains broke over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family survive the ...