PHOENIX — A man who helped imprisoned polygamist religious leader Samuel Bateman obtain children to become his "wives" has been sentenced to life in prison, according to authorities. MORE DETAILS: ...
Saba Shafique, a 12-year-old Christian girl, was abducted Jan. 5 from her home in Lahore, Pakistan, and forcibly converted to ...
A bill that will place even greater restrictions on child marriages in the state is headed to the desk of Gov. Spencer Cox after passing both chambers of the Utah Legislature.
Field investigations and human rights reports have revealed systematic involvement of security apparatuses affiliated with the Houthi militia in kidnapping and trafficking children in the Yemeni ...
UNICEF supplies and services support adolescent girls and help to ensure a safe environment where they can learn and thrive.
Children around the globe rely on UNICEF programs to survive, grow and thrive — programs that lift societies and make the ...
Former LA Times reporter Alan Abrahamson, who covered the Menendez brothers' trials, calls them "stone cold killers," urging focus on facts. Susan Smith, convicted nearly 30 years ago for drowning ...
Guddan (2024), the Allahabad High Court annulled the marriage of a couple, who got married when the man was 12 and the woman was nine, under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006.
TRADITIONAL leaders in Mutasa have said the fight against child marriages in the district is being frustrated by leaders of traditional churches especially apostolic sects as well as parents of ...
The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether a ‘child marriage’ can be annulled by the man until the age of 23 under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. This follows a woman challenging ...
He said children born through live-in relationships will also have equal property rights. "Minimum age for marriage has been made compulsory in all religions - 21 years for a boy and 18 years for ...
The bill (HB 433) would create an exception to the state’s newly enacted ban on marriage under the age of 18.