Unchained At Last, a group supporting bill HB 1455 to end child marriage in Washington state, meets with Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, left, who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee, inside ...

“Marriage is an issue of social justice for children,” insisted Faust. “And when we fail to defend marriage as it is properly understood, we fail to defend children.” ...

Revised child marriage bill in West Virginia gets Senate approval, heads to Gov. Jim Justice The WV bill would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent. Associated Press.

Delaware was the first state to end child marriage in 2018. Since then, more than 10 other states have joined it in doing so. Those include Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New ...

Child marriage and child sex-abuse nondisclosure agreements will be outlawed in Missouri beginning next month.

Child marriage at any age is still legal in California. Our state must pass legislation making it legal for adults age 18 and up to marry.

Deputy Commissioner Shilpa Nag leads efforts to end child marriage in Chamarajanagar through awareness programs and enforcement measures.

KOLKATA: The Bengal government and UNICEF on Friday announced its updated methods to curb child marriage in the state in a tribute to International Women’s Day. An adolescent girls’ tracker ...

They can’t drink, smoke or vote, but 16- and 17-year-olds can still get married in the District. New legislation introduced this month by D.C. Council members would ban that. The new “Child ...

Virginia led the charge against child marriages and can do so again, the Tahirih Justice Center's Hellitz Villegas writes in a guest column. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

It was a moment of awakening for the self-described “fierce child rights activist,” who, now 27, helped in a campaign that, in 2015, led Malawi to outlaw child marriage.