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 ...

Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since Iraq legalized child marriage, and human rights organizations have warned that young girls are being auctioned off in black market sales to ...

Rosalyn Yellin said she was a teenager when she got married and that her mom signed a consent form to let it happen.

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

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.” Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

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 ...

Hingoli district collector Rahul Gupta has directed priests of all faiths, decorators, caterers, marriage hall operators, p.