MANILA, Philippines — The Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) has expressed alarm over an unlawful and void “marriage” between a 10-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl in a supposed “traditional ...

As more states make child marriage illegal, the places where it is still lawful are emerging as havens for ceremonies which can devastate the lives of young people. A Newsweek investigation reveals ...

A March 11 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of a man in a suit standing with a girl in a wedding dress. “Disgusting. Tennessee Republicans are advancing a ‘marry little kids’ ...

A map has been released that shows the U.S. states where the most child marriages have occurred. Marriage for those under the age of 18 was legal in all 50 U.S. states as of 2017. But since 2018, 13 ...

Unchained At Last, a group supporting bill HB 1455 to end child marriage in Washington state, meets with Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, left, who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee, inside the ...

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UNICEF USA is working with partners including Unchained at Last to end child marriage in the United States. Eleven U.S. states have already passed legislation banning marriage before the age of 18, ...

The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

From 2000 to 2021, over 40,000 minors were wed in Texas, granting it the dubious title of the state with the most child ...

Dr. Modupe Taiwo, a Save the Children program director in Sierra Leone, leads “My Body. My Decision. My Rights,” a project funded by Global Affairs Canada to reduce and respond to child marriage. She ...