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UK set to end legal loophole allowing child marriage
Britain must scrap a legal loophole allowing child marriage “by the back door,” lawmakers said ahead of the introduction of a bill in parliament on ... World News -
Lebanon: More families are marrying off teenage daughters as economic despair sets in
An increasing number of families have become willing to marry off daughters at the age of 13 or 14 in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, community members say as ... Features -
Hundreds protest against child marriage in Lebanon
Hundreds protested on Saturday in Lebanon against child marriage, demanding lawmakers forbid unions below the age of 18, in a country where some ... Middle East -
Amal Clooney Scholarship winner aims to fight child marriage, rape in Lebanon
The 16-year-old winner of the annual Amal Clooney Scholarship said on Tuesday that she wants to combat child marriage and marital rape in Lebanon, ... Entertainment -
Sudanese court annuls marriage of 11-year-old girl to man aged 40
A Sudanese court has annulled the marriage of an 11-year-old girl to a 40-year-old man underlining that the marriage was illegal.The court has ruled ... North Africa -
Malaysian man fined after marrying 11-year-old Thai girl
A Malaysian man who married an 11-year-old Thai girl has been fined 1,800 Malaysian pounds after pleading guilty to a court of law. Shi Abdul Karim ... World News -
Outrage after Malaysian man marries 11-year-old Thai girl
The marriage of a Malaysian man with an 11-year-old Thai girl has sparked outrage in the Muslim majority country with one activist Sunday labelling ... Variety -
‘Justice for Noura’ outrage at Sudan death sentence for girl allegedly raped
The sentencing of a teenage Sudanese girl to death for killing her husband has sparked online outrage, as Amnesty International said she was defending ... Features -
Outrage as photos emerge of Egyptian children ‘engaged to be married’
The engagement ceremony photos of Zain, a 7-year-old second grader, and his 4–year-old cousin Faridah hit the internet by storm Variety -
Pakistani girl married off to disabled groom so that father can get married
Mohammad Ramzan can neither hear nor speak, but he knew his wife, Saima, was too young when she was given to him as a bride Variety -
Saudi investigation into 16-year-old girl’s marriage to elderly man
This comes after social media users voiced their surprise over the marriage between an elderly man and a minor Variety -
Retrial set for Malaysia rape-marriage case: lawyer
Activists welcomed the fresh hearing which is expected to take place end of September Variety -
‘Sadly ever after:’ Viral video exposes plight of 15 million child brides
The video is only the beginning of the worldwide movement, which targets child marriage elimination by 2030 Digital -
UN aims to eliminate child marriage by 2030
If current trends persist, up to 280 million girls alive today could become child brides before the age of 18 World News -
Poverty, child marriage, violence decline when women own land
Women are most often engaged in producing and collecting food, and as such, women do play a major role in how land is used Features -
No one should have the authority to allow child marriage
Child marriage is direct infringement on the rights of young girls to choose their life partner Middle East -
Pakistan police arrest six over child wedding
Six people have been arrested for arranging the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl News -
U.N. voices alarm at growing number of child marriages in Iran
U.N. rights experts warned over a growing number of child marriages in Iran Features -
Pakistani clerics block ‘un-Islamic’ child marriage bill
Pakistani lawmakers have withdrawn a proposal to impose harsher penalties on those who arrange child marriages Gulf -
Breaking tradition, India's child brides fight for freedom
Nearly 50 percent of women, aged 20 to 24, say they were married before the legal age of 18 Variety -
Australian jailed over 12-year-old daughter’s ‘marriage’
The court had earlier heard that he wanted to save the girl from what he considered the sin of having sex outside marriage World News -
‘I don’t want to get married:’ Letter from Indian child bride to teacher
13-year-old Indian child bride writes a letter begging for teacher's help to stop her upcoming wedding Features -
Death penalty sought for Nigerian child bride
Wasila Tasi’u is on trial for the murder of her 35-year-old husband Africa -
U.N. members resolve to end child marriage
U.S. members adopted by consensus a resolution urging all states to take steps to end “child, early and forced marriage” World News -
Married at 11, Saudi woman tells her story
Living in a poor neighborhood in Riyadh, she learned the hardship of life before she turned 10 Variety -
Syria’s child brides in Zaatari refugee camp speak up
UNICEF said around a quarter of Syrian refugee marriages in Jordan involve girls under the age of 18 Middle East -
Nine-year-old boy remarries 62-year-old ‘wife’
The boy says the second marriage is meant to make the relationship “official” Variety -
Child marriages double among Syria refugees in Jordan
The number of child marriages has doubled among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan because of poverty and fear of sexual violence Middle East -
Too young to wed? Yemen weighs marriage law
In recent years, about 14 percent of girls in Yemen were married before age 15 Art and culture -
Married off for ‘honor,’ meet Pakistan’s child brides
Offering young girls as brides in compensation to settle disputes persists in many areas of deeply conservative Pakistan Features