Report – herald Emmanuel Kafe Check Point Desk Zimbabwe’s decision to outlaw child marriage through the Marriage Act of 2022 has been cited as a key legislative milestone in Africa’s fight against ...

In Rajasthan, teenager Payal Jangid defied tradition by refusing her child marriage at 15. Her courageous act sparked a ...

Hingoli: A rise in the number of child marriages organised in Hingoli district compared to last year has put the administration on alert, with the women and child welfare machinery intensifying ...

From Sally Al-Sabahi who, after being married at the age of 10, was raped and beaten by her much older husband to 13-year-old Ilham who, in 2010, died from internal bleeding four days after being ...

DAVAO CITY—The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Davao Region office is conducting an intensified information drive throughout the region particularly among Muslim tribal communities to ...

• Unicef says poverty is known as a driver of child marriage and families are more likely to marry off daughters in times of economic stress to alleviate the perceived burden of caring for them. • A ...

26 August 2008 RIYADH: The Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called on government agencies to take necessary steps to end the practice of child marriages by adopting a clear and unambiguous ...

New Delhi, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Thursday said child marriage snatches childhood away from daughters and pushes them towards early maternity and "unimaginable ...

TOKYO -- Child marriages are surging in Asia and other developing countries, raising concerns that the international community may miss its goal of ending the practice by 2030 as pandemic-related ...

AVA got married at 13 to escape the advances of her alcoholic father. But it was a choice that had devastating consequences. On her wedding finger glints a gold band. For while she may be well below ...