This year, California had another opportunity to ban child marriage in the state, but a division inside the Democratic Party is dashing those hopes in a disturbing display of indifference. In February ...

Legal inconsistencies are wrought in the country's legal framework, as minimum legal age for marriage is not uniform ...

As more states make child marriage illegal, the places where it is still lawful are emerging as havens for ceremonies which can devastate the lives of young people. A Newsweek investigation reveals ...

When a couple discovers they are expecting a child, the immediate reaction from family and society can often be a push towards marriage. This pressure stems from traditional beliefs about family ...

Oregon’s 17-year-olds aren’t old enough to vote. Or buy a pack of cigarettes. “But a 17 year old is allowed to go to the chapel and get married,” Sen. Janeen Sollman told a legislative committee ...

Child marriage affects both male and female children in Africa, but girls are disproportionately affected. This data is from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). These girls are faced with ...

CASABLANCA, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the age of 14 Usha Choudary was betrothed to a man she had never met. She refused to go through with the marriage. When her parents insisted, she ...

Despite being illegal under article 10 of the Personal Status Law (1959), which governs all family matters for Muslims in Iraq, marriages entered into outside of the Personal Status Court continue to ...

CASABLANCA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the age of 14 Usha Choudary was betrothed to a man she had never met. She refused to go through with the marriage. When her parents insisted, she ...