Despite efforts to end child marriage globally, an estimated 12 million girls are still married each year. West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of ...

Outrage has spread in Somalia after an eight-year-old girl, who had been missing for six months, was found living with a man ...

Mozambique has the second highest rate of early marriages in southern Africa, with 48% of girls marrying before the age of 18 ...

Child marriage is also a growing concern among refugee children, including those from Myanmar and the Central African Republic. Rizwana’s leadership skills led her to being selected as a Save the ...

Child rights advocates applaud the new Marriage Bill aimed at banning marriages for those under 18, while calling for ...

Child marriage disproportionately affects girls and is found nearly everywhere. It is particularly widespread in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half of the girls in some ...

As the sun rises over coastal Gopalpur, Odisha, in eastern India, dozens of children prepare for school. Unfortunately, for ...

A recent field study has revealed striking findings about early marriage in Morocco, highlighting how traditional norms and economic factors contribute to the practice, particularly in rural areas.

The legal age of consent for marriage in South Africa remains a key point of discussion during the Eastern Cape leg of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs’ public hearings on the Marriage Bill.

Mozambique has the second highest rate of early marriages in southern Africa, with 48% of girls marrying before the age of 18 ...

It has also prompted fresh debates about child protection laws, as currently there is no minimum legal age for marriage. "What's more shocking than the tragedy itself are the allegations of ...