Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Rosalyn Yellin said she was a teenager when she got married and that her mom signed a consent form to let it happen.

Since 2018, 16 states and Washington, D.C., have ended child marriage by raising the legal age for marriage to 18.

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Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and ...

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Police in Assam detain 3,000 men in month-long operation Crackdown leaves poor families without main breadwinner Campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle child marriage RADHANAGAR, India, March 1 ...

Hingoli district collector Rahul Gupta has directed priests of all faiths, decorators, caterers, marriage hall operators, p.