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

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, ...

NEW YORK -- A disturbing issue that affects many girls in our area is being forced into marriage when they are underage. It might surprise you that thousands of girls under the age of 18 are getting ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

MUMBAI: Aimed at curbing the rising incidence of child marriages, the Maharashtra government is considering making the ...

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.

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