China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 ...

Recognised by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department, she was honoured for preventing her own marriage at 15 and for bringing similar cases to the authorities’ attention. Shivani being ...

In a shocking case of child marriage, a 12-year-old girl was rescued by the Hazro police in Attock on Sunday, after her stepfather sold her to a 60-year-old man for Rs50,000.The police intervened just ...

The Bihar government has decided to constitute a State-level 'task force' headed by the Chief Secretary to monitor action taken by authorities to prevent and eradicate child marriages in the State.

Shivani witnessed her older sister being married off at 16 in 2022 when she was just 12. Soon after, her sister’s health ...

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Persistent pressure and advocacy by women’s rights groups partly reduced the amendment’s harm by retaining provisions for the minimum age of marriage, child custody, and polygamy, but the ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Because the wedding was illegal and a secret, except to the invited guests, and because marriage rites in Rajasthan are ...

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In Pakistan, one of those groups have been little girls who are forced to become “monsoon brides”. Pakistan’s “monsoon brides ... but enforcement of these laws is rare. Consequently, child marriages ...

Meet all the brides and grooms below. Seeing as the UK are officially one month behind, there's loads of spoilers that have already made their way across social media but don't worry, this page ...

Married At First Sight Australia is back on Channel 4 with a whole bunch of new brides and grooms taking part in the experiment of marriage and love. Mother-of-one Awhina is hoping to find her ...