Tag: Child Marriage
Catholic sisters help Indian girls to overcome failed child marriages
In the past 13 years, the college trained 650 women as nursing aids and found them jobs in hospitals or in city households as home nurses.
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Rebuilding lives and tackling the root causes of human trafficking using a multi-pronged approach
Empowerment, not enforcement, can stop child marriage in India, say experts
The crackdown triggered protests, mostly led by women whose husbands, family breadwinners, were arrested
In Pakistan, healing for victims of abduction and forced marriage
The number of cases of forced conversion is increasing at a dangerous pace in Pakistan
Philippine gov’t agencies sign implementing rules of law prohibiting child marriage
The law aims to abolish “unequal structures and practices that perpetuate discrimination and inequality”
‘Girl Defenders’ alliance lauds Philippines’ anti-child marriage law
The Philippines ranks 12th worldwide among countries with the highest numbers of child marriages
Court in Pakistan returns custody of 14-year-old girl to Christian family
An estimated 1,000 women and girls from Pakistan’s Hindu and Christian community are forcibly converted to Islam every year
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
The numbers of young girls getting betrothed started to rise during a 2018 famine and surged this year when the rains failed once more
Philippine House of Representatives passes bill prohibiting child marriage
The bill defines child marriage as the formal marriage between children under 18 years of age, or between an adult and a child
Pandemic causes rise in cases of child labor, child marriage in...
UNICEF warned that the progress achieved in past decades in terms of child protection could be erased by the consequences of the pandemic
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