The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's ...

In Rajasthan, India, Munna is playing football to avoid getting married young. Adapted from Assignment from the BBC World ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California could finally slam the door on child marriage as lawmakers weigh a bill that would outlaw the controversial practice ...

California is one of three states that allow children of any age to get married if a parent or guardian signs off.

The new drama I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story premieres on Lifetime Saturday, Sept. 27 at 8/7c. Narrated by Stodden herself, the new Lifetime original movie revisits Stodden’s ...

On July 1, law enforcement in Vinton County, Ohio, made a horrifying discovery. Four adults were keeping 16 children confined to a single 12-by-12-foot room in a filthy house. The oldest child, an ...

"Child marriage cannot be ended through law enforcement alone. It requires a change in social attitudes and collective action ...

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, ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (ILLUSTRATIVE) A homeless Palestinian bride walks with her mother (R) during her wedding ceremony at a United Nations-run school ...

Authorities detained 16 people in Yavne’el as part of an investigation into alleged child marriage offenses, following another major police action in the Lower Galilee community earlier this year.