Iraq’s parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say ...

MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation ...

Iraq's parliament sparked outrage on Tuesday after passing a series of controversial laws, including amendments to the ...

The district in Telangana is among 73 districts across India selected by Niti Aayog to be converted into a ‘child ...

The negative consequences of early or child marriage can be intergenerational, with future children facing the risk of experiencing increased ill-health and death rates ...

Child marriage makes a victim of the girl-child, robs her of her destiny, ruptures her health, and in a lot of cases leads to her early death. It denies the family, society and posterity of her ...

Divorce is often messy, and withholding child care payments can lead to garnishment of wages and even of retirement accounts.

SC is hearing a petition filed by a woman challenging an Allahabad HC order allowing her husband’s petition to declare their ...

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The top court issued a notice on a plea filed by a woman against an Allahabad HC order which had held that the age of ...

Colombia has just marked a historic milestone in the global campaign against child marriage, with the Senate passing one of Latin America and the Caribbean’s most comprehensive bans on child marriage ...