LEMBAR, Indonesia, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F ifteen minutes into their first date, Indonesian teenager Helma Yani received a marriage proposal from a boy she had just met. He spirited ...

Elders say the kidnapping is part of an elaborate courtship ritual requiring consent from both parents, but is now widely abused to justify early marriages LEMBAR, Indonesia, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters ...

In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban The government raised the marriage age for girls from 16 to 19 in September, but rights groups fear deep-rooted ...

After 10 years of resistance from conservative lawmakers, the Parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, recently passed a "sexual violence law." Activists worry that it won’t be enforced in remote areas, such ...