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

A novel relationship trend known as “two-headed marriage”, or liang tou hun, has emerged in China in response to changing social dynamics and the growing number of single-child families. The evolving ...

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

PESHAWAR: At just 13, Aleeza (name changed to protect privacy) wanted to play with peers and live a carefree life, but like many girls of that age, a marriage proposal came knocking on her family’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bhopal: Child marriages are on a rise in Madhya Pradesh. The past five years data shared by the govt in the MP state assembly on Tuesday confirms the same. From 366 incidents of child marriage that ...

Explore India's progress and challenges in ending child marriage by 2030, including key schemes and social disparities.

Ayesha Merdeka wants child marriages to be a thing of the past. They aren’t an abstract concept to her – they are the reality she has lived with for more than three decades after her grand wedding at ...

The State of the World Girl’s report found 12 million girls around the world are married under the age of 18 each year – or about every three seconds – and of those, 480,000 are under 15. The report — ...

EDITORIAL: A recent high-level event held in Islamabad, organised by the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) with support from Save the Children, cast a spotlight on “Ending Child, Early, ...