For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime are ...

Asia Is Racing to the Arctic, But It’s Not Easy The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require significant reforms. On ...

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra is considering a rule to print the birth dates of the bride and groom on wedding invitation cards to help ...

A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

Once an order for wedding cards is placed, printing press owners and operators, as well as marriage hall (mangal karyalaya) managers, will be legally required to verify the authenticity of the bride's ...

Aditi Tatkare informed that as per the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-21 the child marriage percentage average was ...

Maharashtra is considering making birth dates mandatory on wedding invitation cards to prevent child marriages. The proposal ...

Even though the legal age of marriage is 18, cultural traditions and poverty continue to encourage early marriages. In tribal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 12 million girls are married each year before the age of 18. Fiordaliso via Getty Images Last November, Colombia passed a law ...

Maharashtra is considering a new rule requiring the birth dates of brides and grooms on wedding invitation cards to prevent ...