Access to education and skills training helps girls avoid early marriage and gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential. A peer facilitator displays materials from the Rupantaran tool ...

Thirty child marriages took place in one municipality in Sarlahi District during the lockdown earlier this year. This startling fact highlights how girls are at particular risk as the Covid-19 crisis ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Traditional practices, poverty, last year's massive earthquake and Nepal's ongoing political instability mean child marriages remain a serious problem in the country, where 10 ...

Police intervened to stop a child marriage involving a Chinese national and a Nepali girl belonging to the Muslim community in Bara district.

Inside a one-bedroom rented apartment in the heart of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Prati (not her real name) is busy poring over notes from the Japanese language class she joined in the second week of ...

Teenager Asha Charti Karki told her parents she was going out to study, but instead she ran off to wed her boyfriend -- one of a growing number of Nepali teenagers who are marrying young by choice.

(CBS DETROIT) - A Michigan organization is working in Nepal to protect children vulnerable to discrimination and abuse. "It was a challenging trip," said Heather Williams, the president of Silence ...

The teenager dreamed of becoming a doctor. But that dream was derailed by child marriage. It's a familiar story – but in this case the details may surprise you. The 15-year-old wasn't a child bride.

CASABLANCA, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The massive earthquakes in Nepal will lead to a dramatic rise in child marriage and the trafficking of children as criminals prey on orphans and ...

It reportedly took two weeks before the auction post about the South Sudanese girl was removed. By then, she was married. Parents of the Texas teen have been charged with child abuse, and it's "highly ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 17 countries with the highest child marriage rates in the world. We know that some cultures globally continue to permit child marriage as a deeply rooted ...