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, ...

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

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

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 ...

Shamila (L) was married off in exchange for money, one of a growing number of underage marriages taking place in Pakistan's flood-stricken areas - Copyright AFP Asif ...

India is home to one third of the world’s child brides while South Asia as a whole accounts for 42 percent of the child marriage cases worldwide, according to a new UNICEF report released Tuesday.

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 ...

MUMBAI: Aimed at curbing the rising incidence of child marriages, the Maharashtra government is considering making the birthdates of the bride and groom mandatory on the wedding invitation cards.

A Pakistan provincial government has ordered an inquiry into child marriages in areas affected by floods in 2022 following an exclusive AFP story on the subject. Pakistan's high rate of marriages for ...

Tatkare said consultations are underway with the Rural Development Department and the Law and Judiciary Department before a final decision is made ...