More broadly, child marriage, or unions that often involve coercion concerning a girl under the age of 18, “remains a ...

After retiring from elite sport four months ago, Emma McKeon has joined humanitarian aid organisation UNICEF to help teach children in Bangladesh how to swim.

As the climate crisis worsens, natural disasters pose a direct threat to education in Bangladesh, leading to increased school closures and student dropouts. However, climate education being embedded ...

Nigeria girls have demanded for the enforcement of laws prohibiting child marriage and provide support systems for teenage mothers, including access to education and healthcare. The girls also sought ...

Pehthai Thanomkhet and Nathnicha Klinthaworn finally did Thursday when Thailand’s law on same-sex marriage came into ... no legal connection to their own child,” he said.

Numbers of marriages in China dropped dramatically in 2024. The continuing decline in marriages likely signals further ...

The number of marriages in China fell to 6.1 million last year, 20% lower than in 2023 and down by more than 50% since 2013.

The Adonteng Division of Nyakrom Traditional Council has unanimously declared a ‘big no’ to end child marriage ...

Fly Jinnah has received approval from Bangladesh to launch flights on the Karachi-Dhaka route, marking a significant step in ...

2 Child marriage has a long tradition in Bangladesh and contributes to the incidence of adolescent pregnancies. Though the legal age of marriage for women is 18 years in Bangladesh, around 66% of the ...

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.