Child marriage is formal or informal union before age 18 ... Sources: Unless otherwise noted, facts and statistics have been sourced from Save the Children’s program and monitoring and evaluation ...

“Some rural girls see marriage as saving themselves from the control of their families,” says an activist in the capital, Sanaa. The outsider's impulse toward child bride rescue scenarios can ...

Here, we’re taking a deep-dive into the practice of arranged marriage and exploring the facts, myths ... According to Girls ...

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 ...

The bill would ban marriage for anyone under 18 . Currently, minors as young as 16 can marry with parental consent.

Brandi Dredge, 45, struggled to keep it together as she detailed her experiences as a survivor of 'child marriage' and domestic and sexual abuse. The mom-of-two appeared before Missouri's capitol ...

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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 ...

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 ...