Woman-to-woman marriage exemplifies the flexibility of African gender constructs. It’s an assertion of female agency.

A TECHNICAL working group established by the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has finalised a monitoring and evaluation frame- work aimed at combating child marriage in the region.This initiative, ...

Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping aspects of society, and has evolved over time. While traditional heterosexual unions dominate discussions, a lesser-known but significant ...

Not again!! That was the feeling following news that a 17-year-old Gaala Aden Abdi had been murdered for resisting a forced ...

The challenges facing children in Africa are overwhelming. Millions lack access to quality education, are forced into child labour, live in conflict zones, or face early forced marriage and ...

Photo: Mormon converts Wynetta Willis Martin Clark (left) and Marilyn Yuille joined the Tabernacle Choir in 1969 and 1970.

Human Rights Watch is honored to address the African Committee of Experts at its 45th Ordinary Session, and join it in celebrating 35 years since the adoption of the African Children’s Charter.

PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health policy, is recognised for saving 26 million ...

A 14-year-old student in Brahmanbaria was saved from being forced into child marriage, thanks to the intervention of Sadar upazila administration yesterday. The incident occurred in the Nayanpur ...

Pakistan should stop benefitting from preferential tariffs for exports to Europe until it makes significant improvements in addressing religious persecution of non-Muslims and child marriages ...