Child Marriage

During the second government crackdown on unlawful child marriages in the area this year, more than 1,000 people were arrested on Tuesday in India’s far northeast, according to police. According to UN statistics, India is home...

According to the current State of World Population Report, which was released here today, maternal mortality and child marriage rates in Bangladesh are decreasing, while contraceptive prevalence is increasing. “Maternal mortality and child marriage rates are...

Girls as young as twelve are being forced into child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at “alarming rates” in the Horn of Africa, as the most severe drought in forty years pushes families to the...

Bangladesh witnessed 13 percent rise in child marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic last year as the deadly virus massively affected societies and economies pushing many of them into extreme poverty. Child marriage has always been a...

Child marriage, a major obstacle to women’s development, has increased during the Corona period, which is also an obstacle in the way of women’s leadership. School closures, unemployment, and increased levels of child marriage increase the...

Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF. COVID-19: A threat to progress against child...

Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Despite many positive changes experienced by women, including increased access to schooling and workforce participation, improved life expectancy, and declining fertility, approximately 60...

Girls Not Brides Bangladesh has demanded a specific allocation in the National budget to prevent child marriage as well as increase the social security of girls and adolescents. Platforms of 29 international, national, and grassroots organizations...

The Global Charity World Vision estimates that 4 million girls will be at risk of child marriage in the next two years due to the coronavirus epidemic. The United Nations fears that Corona will cause poverty...

A multi-country initiative to end child marriage and help protect the rights of millions of girls worldwide will be renewed for an additional four years, UNICEF and UNFPA announced. By 2023, the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End...