In the wake of 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), The Himalayan Times interacted with women activists to know their observations regarding GBV in Nepal.
The Indian state of Assam has repealed a colonial-era law that allowed child marriage among Muslims, in a move that is being seen as contentious just months before the country’s general election.
The Christian Post on MSN
Protest erupts as bill protecting underage girls from forced marriage passes in Pakistan province
In a landmark move to protect children, especially girls, from forced child marriages, a provincial assembly in Pakistan on Friday passed the Child Marriage Prohibition Bill ...
IRBIL, Iraq — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of ...
President of the Women’s Wing of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) Benue State chapter, Hajia Hauwa Isah, has debunked the ...
The Kathmandu Post on MSN
Police foil child marriage in Bara. Chinese groom, two others detained
Police intervened to stop a child marriage involving a Chinese national and a Nepali girl belonging to the Muslim community in Bara district.
A quiet but consequential shift is unfolding in Kerala’s Muslim community: growing numbers of couples are remarrying under ...
(Abuja) – Child marriage remains prevalent in Nigeria because the federal and state governments have not adequately enforced laws to prevent it, Human Rights Watch said today. Nigeria’s rates of child ...
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