Child marriage
- Art and design, Child marriage, Global development, Human rights, India, Photography, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘I met 14-year-old Arti a day before her wedding. Her suicide six years later hit home’
Despite being illegal, child marriage is still common in much of India. Saumya Khandelwal, a photojournalist, …
- Child labour, Child marriage, Global development, Hysterectomy, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality
Outrage as sugar cane workers in India still being ‘pushed’ into having hysterectomies
Hundreds of woman in one cane producing district were agreeing to the surgery, say activists, in order to keep…
- Child marriage, Global development, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's health, World news
Pakistan sends ‘important signal’ of hope in a gloomy world of pushbacks on women’s rights
The city of Islamabad has moved to ban child marriage, which politicians say is a mark of the country bucking …
- Afghanistan, Child marriage, Children, Global development, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban
Now living in comparative freedom in Iran, 26-year-old Mahtab Eftekhar describes facing motherhood at 12 and e…
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Child marriage in decline – but will take 300 years to eliminate
UN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting marr…
- Child marriage, Child rights, Children, Children's rights, Coronavirus, Dalits, Forced marriage, Gender, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We can do anything’: the Indian girls’ movement fighting child marriage
At 17, Priyanka Bairwa refused her arranged marriage. Instead, she started Rajasthan Rising to help thousands …
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Pandemic forcing girls in south-east Asia and Pacific out of school and into marriage – study
Female children are seen as an economic burden, and tough times are setting back progress by a generation, gen…
- Child marriage, Children, Forced marriage, Global development, Pakistan, Religion, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Family of girl, 12, forced to marry abductor condemn Pakistan authorities
Criticism follows release of 29-year-old who kept girl chained in cattle pen, in latest case highlighting abus…
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Covid crisis could force extra 2.5m girls into child marriage – charity
Save the Children predicts worst rise in child marriage rates in 25 years as a result of pandemicUp to 2.5 mil…
- Africa, Child marriage, Children, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Malawi, Nepal, South and Central Asia, World news
Why Covid school closures are making girls marry early
The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a …