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The Taliban Legalizes Child Marriage–the USA Won't Ban It
The World Must Respond, And America Must Look in the Mirror…
Child marriage persists despite national decline, West Bengal tops list: Data
NEW DELHI: Child marriage persists in several Indian states despite years of campaigns promoting girls' education and delayed marriage, with West Bengal and Jharkhand reporting the…
Why does the West ignore Iran hanging a child marriage victim? - opinion
The world should have been outraged by her execution, yet they were deathly silent, preferring to focus on other issues, as if it did not matter.…
UN expresses 'grave concern' over horrific rule on child marriage from Taliban regime in Afghanistan
A spokesperson for the Taliban defended the new rule based on the Islamic faith.…
CMV: I'm (almost regrettably) not convinced there's any valid evidence that child marriage is a bad thing.
New Taliban Decree on Divorce Formalizes Child Marriage in Afghanistan, U.N. Warns
A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband.…
Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new edict, activists warn
Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree Child marriage appears to have been legally recognised for the firs…
UN gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage
The United Nations expressed "grave concern" on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan's Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child mar…
U.N. gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage
U.N. expresses grave concern over Taliban's new decree allowing child marriage, highlighting increased discrimination against Afghan women and girls.…
Lakshmi could have been a child bride
Teenage girls in Uttar Pradesh resist child marriage, empowered by frontline workers, aiming for education and social change.…
UN expresses grave concern over Taliban decree that includes provision on child marriage
Among the Taliban’s most controversial provisions, it says the silence of a girl reaching puberty can be interpreted as consent to marriage.…
BBC: This Is Sick Beyond Measure
Since the American pullout from Afghanistan, the fate of Afghan women has become uniformly bleak.…
Covering for Islam
Whatever turns out to be the real story of the shootings at the Islamic Center of San Diego, one thi…
From escaping child marriage 'to an old pervert' to becoming Sierra Leone's first lady
BBC World Service exclusive: the private world of one of Africa's most powerful political women.…
'Silence of virgin can be treated as consent': Taliban legalises child marriages with special rules
Taliban regime in Afghanistan has introduced a controversial new family law regulation governing marriages, divorce and child marriage, drawing widespread criticism from internatio…
Taliban legalizes sick child marriages with special rules for ‘virgin girls’ in Afghanistan
In mid-May, the Taliban put into law new regulations called “Principles of Separation Between Spouses,” that formally recognize child marriages, and sets out rules and specific gui…
Parents convicted in UK for arranging child marriages of sons in Pakistan
A UK couple received suspended sentences for arranging child marriages for their teenage sons during a trip to Pakistan.…
Akka Pade prevents child marriage in Belagavi district
Akka Pade's task force successfully prevented a child marriage in Belagavi, protecting a 17-year-old girl from early wedlock.…