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One chamber down, one to go on an effort to ban child marriage in Missouri. The bill sponsored by Sen. Tracy McCreery, ...

The high prevalence of the outlawed practice in Kyrgyzstan is indicative of a broader problem across Eurasia – child and forced marriage. Bride kidnapping, or an act of abduction for the purpose of ...

Under the legislation approved Thursday by the Legislature’s upper chamber, only those 18 and older will be able to get married in Missouri.

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The bill, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Tracy McCreery, would ban child marriage outright. State Sen. Rick Brattin, a ...

New Hampshire could become the latest US state to ban child marriage after its House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. Until 2016, child ...

UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause ...

Sydney Davis, would have removed the section of existing law which allows for a single parent or guardian to sign off on a child marriage. Proponents of the bill emphasized the risks of abuse and ...

Proponents of the bill included survivors of child marriages, including Sheena Eastman of Missouri, who gave emotional testimony. “I got married 45 days after my 15th birthday to a 21 year old ...