The committee heard testimony which detailed concerns surrounding safety,” wrote Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham.

Bolivia's Plurinational Assembly is inching closer towards outlawing marriage for under 18s. Concretely, a bill introduced by ...

Mercy Culture, the church last seen building a controversial shelter to help survivors of sex trafficking, is known for literally demonizing its critics, referring to its opponents on what was ...

HB 168 closes a loophole the author, State Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) said allows 16 or 17-year-olds emancipated from their families to receive a marriage license.

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday passed a bill banning the marriage of anyone under the age of 18 in Islamabad Capital ...

Mumbai, A social activist spearheading a campaign to end evil and regressive practices related to widows has written to the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission to direct the state government to ...

Child rights activists have welcomed government’s directive stating that regular review is essential to ensure consistent progress and accountability The state government, alarmed by increasing ...

Police said child marriages are a common practice in Rajasthan during Akshay Tritiya (Representational image) Bhilwara superintendent of police (SP) Dharmendra Singh said the marriages had taken ...

Explore the alarming statistics on child rights violations in Nigeria, with over 86,000 cases of abuse and neglect reported.

In a long-overdue move, the National Assembly has passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage and forced conversions - two deeply intertwined abuses that have quietly devastated ...

In Texas, teenagers as young as 16 can legally get married—a reality that many parents and child advocates say is out of step ...