Raipur's Women and Child Development Department officials swiftly intervened to prevent a child marriage in the Urla police station area. Acting on a tip-off, authorities verified the girl's age ...

However, beneath this progress lies a harsh reality - period poverty and child marriage remain unresolved ... “We were taught more about avoiding boys and sex, but not how to manage our periods ...

JTA — New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, DC, was signed into law last week following advocacy by a coalition including Unchained At Last, a Jewish-led organization that ...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 8,159 child marriage cases have been registered ... But marriages involving boys below the legal age of 21 have increased to 13.3% in NFHS-5, compared to 11% in NFHS ...

and say I am a child marriage, domestic violence, and sex crime survivor,” Dredge said. “When I was 16, I met a 24-year-old man who lived with some boys I went to high school with, and he was ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) has expressed alarm over an unlawful and void “marriage” between a 10-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl in a supposed ...

Around the world, some 12 million girls are married each year, two million before the age of 15. While child marriage can affect boys as well, girls are six times more likely to be married as children ...

You can get in touch with Andrew by emailing a.stanton@newsweek.com. Languages: English. Child marriage remains legal in most states, many of which allow children as young as 15 or 16 years old to ...

“Assam continues its fight against child marriage,” he added, saying raids have been carried out overnight, and that those arrested would be produced in court on Dec 22. India is home to more ...

Due to a rigid interpretation of Sharia law, child marriage is permitted in Sudan, allowing both boys and girls to get married as early as age 10. Stereotypes around premarital sex also frequently ...

Issuing a slew of directions for the effective implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act ... adding that boys who are married early are forced to take up more responsibilities ...