Child Marriages

Children on the continent are trafficked, sexually exploited, forced into marriage, recruited into armed forces and made to beg

Many in Nigeria believe that familial and even societal honor depends on women’s complicity, purity, and silence

Think child marriages only happen in far off countries? Think again.

The former Mozambican education minister delivered a searing message for girls’ rights

In its traditional form, ukuthwala is a collusive strategy used by willing lovers to secure marriage negotiations. But the practice has mutated.

Poverty, traditions and no education means laws will do little to end the practice of child brides.

Changing social norms will help end the practice that traps and endangers women and their daughters and preserves intergenerational poverty.

More than half a million Mozambican women between the ages of 20 and 24 years old got married before the age of 18.

Along with better access to health services and reducing child marriage, education can save many lives.

The Global Slavery Index will help shape national and global efforts to root out modern slavery in Africa and across the world, writes Nick Grono.

Human Rights Watch reveals how child marriage in South Sudan exacerbates high maternal mortality rates and perpetuates violence against girls.

A Morocco law that allows a rapist to escape prison by marrying his victim is being amended by the kingdom’s Parliament.

Lawmakers, activists and world leaders are meeting in New York this week to discuss ways to accelerate the Millennium Development Goals.