In Rajasthan, teenager Payal Jangid defied tradition by refusing her child marriage at 15. Her courageous act sparked a ...

The Women's Initiative at Columbia SIPA's Institute of Global Politics (IGP), together with the Center for Global Development (CGD), today released a new report titled Accelerating Efforts to End ...

In Padampura village in Rajasthan, 14-year-old Nisha Vaishnav and her 18-year-old sister Munna were at football practice when ...

Santadevi told the court two years ago that she was married to 28-yr-old Saanval Ram who was nine-yrs-old at the time of their wedding 19-yr-old Santadevi Meghwal from Jodhpur, in the western state of ...

With the help of a local charity and child marriage activist, 18-year old child bride who was married off at just 11 months finally wins her freedom. After 18 years of persecution, Santadevi Meghwal ...

The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require significant reforms. On November 14, the Balochistan Assembly passed the ...

IT was a quintessentially British wedding set in the idyllic countryside – but from the off, Thomas Brodie-Sangster’s ...

Days after a Saudi judge upheld the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man 39 years her senior and blocked a divorce, the kingdom's justice minister said he plans to enact a law that will protect ...

KENDRAPARA: At least four officials of the Child Helpline suffered injuries after they were allegedly assaulted while ...

Kendrapada: At least four govt officials were injured after close relatives of a bride and groom allegedly assaulted them on ...