Editor’s Note: Faith Cherop defied traditional gender roles in rural Kenya by convincing her family that girls’ education is ... In my community, child marriage has been practiced for a ...

There are endless studies showing education as a golden key for young girls in the developing world: Just a year of high school can bump up their economic prospects by 25 percent; cut chances of ...

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday asserted that education is the best weapon to combat the social menace of child marriage. Launching the Rs 1,500 crore 'Nijut Moina ...

UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause ...

Education is also linked to child marriage. For adolescent girls in some parts of the world, their parents may choose marriage over education. For them, the discussions of child marriage and ...

UNESCO Member States have come together for the first time on this issue, expressing deep concern over the continuing negative impact on the duration and quality of girls’ education as a result of ...

Twenty countries, which have ratified the CEDAW, have expressed reservations on the article regarding child marriage, turning a blind eye to forced marriage and the denial of the right to education ...

The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been ... "They've also seen access to secondary education for girls, and employment opportunities for women." ...