Children around the globe rely on UNICEF programs to survive, grow and thrive — programs that lift societies and make the ...

Unconfirmed reports said an 8-year-old Yemen girl died after being married to a man in his forties. Child marriages are rampant in Yemen. A study revealed that the bridal age in more than half of ...

Child marriage is equivalent to child rape, and no euphemism can mask this crime as a mere social injustice. The world has overlooked this grave crime, which has been detrimental to the health, ...

Child marriage spans continents, language, religion, caste. In India the girls will typically be attached to boys four or five years older; in Yemen, Afghanistan, and other countries with high ...

Taiz: While Yemen continues to face a dire humanitarian crisis, a new UN report showed that more than half of Yemen’s births are run in unsafe spaces. Over half of Yemen’s population requires aid due ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and critics are concerned the move may spark a rise in child marriages.

The Supreme Court is set to examine discrepancies in the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act regarding the annulment of underage marriages. The issue arises as males are considered legal adults at ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage.

The bill (HB 433) would create an exception to the state’s newly enacted ban on marriage under the age of 18.

A "sectarian" bill that could potentially legitimise child marriage in Iraq has passed into law reportedly without a vote in the parliament. The parliamentary website said "the proposal to amend ...

The Child Development Department successfully intervened to stop the planned marriages of four minor girls in Uchhola village, Rudraprayag. Following a complaint, officials counseled the families on ...