Congress reintroduced the Child Marriage Prevention Act to stop child marriage in 34 states, setting age 18 as the minimum.

Prior to 2018, child marriage was legal in all 50 states. As of 2026, 17 states have passed bans. In SC, 16- and 17-year-old ...

A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

Climate change is now believed to be a leading contributor to more frequent and younger nuptials, with 12 million girls tipped to become child brides this year.

Shamila (L) was married off in exchange for money, one of a growing number of underage marriages taking place in Pakistan's flood-stricken areas - Copyright AFP Asif ...

India is home to one third of the world’s child brides while South Asia as a whole accounts for 42 percent of the child marriage cases worldwide, according to a new UNICEF report released Tuesday.

Dhaka, July 23 -- Government representatives, development partners, youth leaders, community members and implementing partners came together on Thursday to celebrate the successful completion of the ...