The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) condemns the ongoing practice of child marriage in Sindh, Pakistan, ...

It could take Bangladesh more than 200 years to eliminate child marriage at the current pace of decline, the United Nations ...

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The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require ...

The Texas Legislature is poised to end the controversial practice of child marriage in the Lone Star State with a bill the House passed Wednesday. House Bill 168, authored by Rep. Jon Rosenthal, ...

In a move toward safeguarding children's rights, Missouri is working to fully ban child marriage through bipartisan legislation in the state legislature. The proposed legislation—in the form of two ...

Across the developing world, ten million girls are married off each year before the age of eighteen, usually against their will. One in seven of those girls is younger than fifteen. In some places ...

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Child marriage in Bangladesh has declined over the past six years, but progress remains too slow to meet national or global targets, according to findings of the Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster ...