In many communities, it is justified as protection—of a girl’s honor, her family’s reputation, or her economic security. In ...

Access to education and skills training helps girls avoid early marriage and gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential. A peer facilitator displays materials from the Rupantaran tool ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The massive earthquakes in Nepal will lead to a dramatic rise in child marriage and the trafficking of children as criminals prey on orphans and ...

Inside a one-bedroom rented apartment in the heart of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Prati (not her real name) is busy poring over notes from the Japanese language class she joined in the second week of ...

Young mothers with their children in Muktikot where child marriage has become more prevalent as subsistence farmers cope with a succession of droughts and floods that have destroyed harvests. All ...

When she was 15, Rachana Sunar almost became another statistic in the staggering numbers that reflect child marriage. While she successfully convinced her parents to call off the marriage and let her ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 17 countries with the highest child marriage rates in the world. We know that some cultures globally continue to permit child marriage as a deeply rooted ...

Last April, Nepal became the first South Asian country to provisionally recognise same-sex marriage, and the second only to Taiwan in Asia. The Supreme Court ruling on Sunil Babu Pant and Others v ...

As the world marks International Day of the Girl on October 11, Plan International, the leading global expert on girls’ rights, warns of a dangerous evolution in child marriage. A new report finds ...

In rural Zimbabwe, girls are reviving an ancient tradition called Nhanga to combat child marriage. Originally a space for ...