Timely intervention from a UNICEF-supported social worker stopped Farima, 12, from being forced into child marriage in Afghanistan. But foreign aid funding cuts are undermining the services that ...

UN human rights rapporteur Richard Bennett said violence against women in Afghanistan is “unacceptable,” urging greater ...

A six-year-old girl in Afghanistan was allegedly sold by her father to a 45-year-old man who she was forced to marry.

A 45-year old man in Afghanistan got married to a six-year old, but when the Taliban administration found out, they instructed him to wait till the girl turns nine before bringing her home, according ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 5 (UNHCR) - When her abusive, drug addict father told Zakia* that she must marry a man twice her age, the then 15-year-old was despondent. But after the Afghan refugee ...

LAHORE, Pakistan 24 November, 2014 (UNHCR) — On a foggy morning on the edge of Lahore, a gathering of Afghan refugee women and girls were chatting and giggling. The opportunity to express themselves ...