Tag: Child Marriage

The crackdown triggered protests, mostly led by women whose husbands, family breadwinners, were arrested

The number of cases of forced conversion is increasing at a dangerous pace in Pakistan

The law aims to abolish “unequal structures and practices that perpetuate discrimination and inequality”

The Philippines ranks 12th worldwide among countries with the highest numbers of child marriages

An estimated 1,000 women and girls from Pakistan’s Hindu and Christian community are forcibly converted to Islam every year

The numbers of young girls getting betrothed started to rise during a 2018 famine and surged this year when the rains failed once more

The bill defines child marriage as the formal marriage between children under 18 years of age, or between an adult and a child

UNICEF warned that the progress achieved in past decades in terms of child protection could be erased by the consequences of the pandemic

Child marriage increases risk of early and unplanned pregnancy, in turn increasing risk of maternal complications and mortality

Father of 12-year-old girl kidnapped by Muslim man allegedly told to forget about it because she has converted to Islam