ActionAid Ghana’s multi-stakeholder conference on child marriage has stimulated action against the menace of child marriage and teenage pregnancy as the acts posed a grave risk to the nation’s future.

The Assam government's approach of taking legal action against child marriage led to an 81 per ... administrative frameworks, education, women empowerment, and sports. (Except for the headline ...

The committee heard testimony which detailed concerns surrounding safety,” wrote Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham.

All New England states now ban child marriage after Maine became the 14th state to to do so on May 6. In 2025, the legal age of marriage in New Hampshire was raised to 18. It was the result of ...

To help prevent teenage pregnancy, WHO is calling on governments to offer better alternatives to child marriage. These include improving access to education, financial services and jobs.

The Kwara State government has vowed to protect the girl-child ... of child marriage. He appealed for a budget release to fund initiatives for girl children to empower them in their education ...

Less than three months after New Hampshire officially banned child marriage, the House passed an exception for people in the military. In June of 2024, then Gov. Chris Sununu passed a bill that ...

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 ...

A child marriage is considered to be a form of forced marriage, given that one or both parties have not expressed full, free and informed consent” (para. 20). For many girls, marriage often marks the ...

Nigeria girls have demanded for the enforcement of laws prohibiting child marriage and provide support systems for teenage mothers, including access to education and healthcare. The girls also ...