At the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, survivor of child marriage and internationally-recognized expert on the issue Naila Amin advocates for federal law banning marriage for children ...

Despite progress, a practice that America condemns elsewhere as a human rights abuse remains legal under some circumstances ...

The Texas House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships took testimony on House Bill 168 on April 7, 2025. A bill to ban child marriage in Texas has passed the state’s House of ...

On January 1, New Hampshire officially implemented a comprehensive ban on child marriage, setting a stringent age limit of 18 for marriage under all circumstances. However, the legislation has ...

Colombia's government voted Thursday to ban child marriage, after previously allowing those as young as 14 to get married. The law, pushed forward under the slogan "they're girls, not wives", would ...

The Jewish-led group Unchained at Last was part of a coalition advocating for the law. New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, D.C., was signed into law last week following advocacy by a ...

(CNN) — Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet in Bangladesh, she says, “I always thought, I have no brother, ...