Deeming the current age limit to have increased cases of rape, lawmakers support plan to revise Child Act and the Criminal ...

State Representative Cassandra Levesque condemns bill which would allow 17-year-olds to marry if one of the couple is in the military.

The Missouri Senate on Thursday gave bipartisan approval to bills that would ban child marriage and discrimination against ...

In June 2024, former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill banning those under the age of 18 from obtaining ...

Over 30 faith leaders from ten religions launched an interfaith forum to eradicate child marriage in India by 2030, ...

Less than three months after New Hampshire officially banned child marriage, the House passed an exception for people in the ...

Despite progress in reducing the prevalence of this phenomenon, a recent UN report places Bangladesh as a topper in child marriage in Asia and 8th globally ...

Cases of rape and cases where marriage was used as a lure for consent will be separated to speed up the trials of the former, ...

Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 has been issued and published in the official gazette, Kuwait Alyoum, amending Article (26) of Law ...

The Utah Legislature unanimously approved a bill that would prevent youth marriages if the parties are more than four years apart in age. A Utah lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that the ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is expected to send the draft Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2019 to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for its opinion before proceedi ...

In countries where child marriage is prevalent, it is often justified by tradition, religion, or economic hardship. Families ...