“By solving the drop-out rate, we should arrest the prevalent problem of child marriage in Bangladesh,” Nafisa states, sitting next to me at the edge of the classroom. “Until now, the drop ...

Severe weather events disrupted education for children around the world, including 33 million children in Bangladesh in 2024, ...

Nepal has laws against child marriage, yet the practice persists. Based on your global activism, what key enforcement gaps need to be addressed, and how can they be bridged? Additionally, given ...

Under Muhammad Yunus’s leadership, Bangladesh is facing backlash over changes to school textbooks, sparking fears of a shift ...

Guddan (2024), the Allahabad High Court annulled the marriage of a couple, who got married when the man was 12 and the woman was nine, under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006.

Cancel anytime. Missouri Sen. Mike Moon explains his support for child marriage in the context of a couple he knows who married at 11- and 12-years-old when the child became pregnant. Video ...

Anyone of over 30 years of age might recall radio advertisements aired during their childhood and adolescence on ...

Bangladesh ranks among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest percentage of child marriage. Children in Bangladesh are among the most exposed and vulnerable to climate and ...

The amendments to the country?s legislation are a long-standing demand of Shiite blocs and could legalize child marriage Iraq ...

In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024. This legislation, proposed in October 2024, would ensure ...

As part of the Child Marriage Free Nepal campaign in seven provinces of Nepal, Just Rights for Children (JRC) and Backward Society Education (BASE) jointly organised awareness events in Hetauda, the ...