She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders ...

Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that ...

Iraq’s parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of ...

As part of the Child Marriage Free Nepal campaign in seven provinces of Nepal, Just Rights for Children (JRC) and Backward ...

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to strengthen the fight against the practice of child marriage in different parts of the state, the ...

Patna: For over a decade, she has been providing free legal aid to people belonging to the economically weaker sections of ...

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has made significant progress in reducing child marriages over the past two decades but remains a high-burdened State.A recent United ...

The actions of the girls despite the death sentence are messages that the victims of child marriage might not relent in asserting their choices and freedom and that the threat of paying the ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.