Three girls reveal how they escaped forced marriage in communities where a first period signals it's time to wed ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the PKK’s disarmament ceremony in northern Iraq as the end of a 47-year terror scourge and the opening of a “new page” for Turkey. He declared that the ...

There are today more than 650 million women suffering the direct consequences of child marriage. Global instability - war and ...

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has addressed the UN Human Rights Council highlighting key women's rights issues during the council's session that reviewed the human rights situation in Iraq. Iraq ...

Hira Bibi, a 47-year-old rag picker and former child bride from a Bhubaneswar slum, has become a local hero by preventing six ...

A 45-year-old groom allegedly married a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan in a wedding that left even the Taliban “horrified”.

Legislation to restrict marriage for Missouri residents under age 18 had been stalled by Republican critics for years. The ...

A six-year-old girl was allegedly sold by her father in Afghanistan and then married to the 45-year-old man, who had paid money for her. The man already has two other wives. The incident took place in ...

Just a few decades ago, women in the Middle East had an average of seven children each. Now they're barely having enough ...