Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

According to World Bank estimates, countries lose on average about 1.0 per cent of their earnings base due to child marriage. The global body estimates that if child marriage was ended before 2016 ...

Child marriage remains a critical social issue in ... Developmental Idealism (DI), a global framework promoting autonomy, equality and individual choice, is reshaping traditional norms.

As researchers find that more than 60 per cent of Bangladeshi families practise child marriage, campaigners fight to keep girls in education Kneeling on the carpet in a schoolroom made of battered ...

Aleper Consolata is a 35-year-old parasocial worker from Katileria Village, Loroo parish and a passionate advocate for the rights of girls.

Despite her family’s need for the dowry, Nawi refuses to accept her fate and resists the marriage. Her ally in this struggle is her brother Joel. However, Nawi’s father remains entrenched in ...

Contemporary Chinese families are experiencing many contradictory situations: "Eating alone" is quietly emerging in cities, ...

He’s allying with a movement that stretches to Hungary and Poland — one that looks with skepticism not just on trans rights ...

Pope Francis Monday hosted an international summit on the rights of the child, lamenting the millions who daily endure war, ...

Iraq's parliament sparked outrage on Tuesday after passing a series of controversial laws, including amendments to the country's personal status law that critics fear will effectively legalise child ...