SANAA (Reuters) - An eight-year-old Yemeni girl died of internal bleeding on her wedding night after marrying a man five times her age, a social activist and two local residents said, in a case that ...

According to official statistics, 16 child marriages were stopped in 2024, while the number rose to 49 in 2025. Despite ...

More than 300 girls have been rescued from early marriages in Nkhata Bay district since 2022 through a four‑year initiative ...

Assam has achieved a remarkable 89% decline in child marriages among girls and 91% among boys in three years, significantly exceeding the national average. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma credited ...

Bhopal: Child marriages are on a rise in Madhya Pradesh. The past five years data shared by the govt in the MP state assembly on Tuesday confirms the same. From 366 incidents of child marriage that ...

Karnataka has recorded one of the sharpest declines in child marriages in the country, with cases falling by 55% among girls and 88% among boys over the past three years, according to a new study. The ...

BHOPAL: Marriages of girls aged below 18 years continue to increase in Madhya Pradesh, despite the government claims of working against it in a focussed manner, especially through public awareness ...

TOKYO -- Child marriages are surging in Asia and other developing countries, raising concerns that the international community may miss its goal of ending the practice by 2030 as pandemic-related ...

DAVAO CITY–A study commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) identified cultural and religious norms, poverty, and weak enforcement of child protection laws as primary drivers of ...

The new drama I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story premieres on Lifetime Saturday, Sept. 27 at 8/7c. Narrated by Stodden herself, the new Lifetime original movie revisits Stodden’s ...