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For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime are ...

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra is considering a rule to print the birth dates of the bride and groom on wedding invitation cards to help ...

Even though the legal age of marriage is 18, cultural traditions and poverty continue to encourage early marriages. In tribal ...

The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require significant reforms. On November 14, the Balochistan Assembly passed the ...

A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

Mahbooba Faiz grew up hearing about her mother's shock and horror at being married at just 10 years old. As the Taliban ...

Maharashtra is considering a new rule requiring the birth dates of brides and grooms on wedding invitation cards to prevent ...

India is home to one third of the world’s child brides while South Asia as a whole accounts for 42 percent of the child marriage cases worldwide, according to a new UNICEF report released Tuesday.

Prevalence has fallen to 20%, but in absolute numbers that is still millions of girls entering marriage before the age of 18.

A trivial water splash at a roadside stall in Nagpur ignited a fatal stabbing. What began as a scuffle over an alleged drenching escalated into a brutal assault, claiming the life of 27-year-old ...