An Iranian child bride who was forced to marry at 15 has been hanged in Iran for murdering her husband who had abused her for years. Samira Sabzian, 29, who had been in prison for the past decade, was ...

Millions of girls across the world end up as child brides, despite the practice being outlawed in many countries. But some girls are defying their families' attempts to marry them off. Some 10 million ...

There is a young woman sheltering under a tree between two busy roads clutching a pile of documents to her chest. These pieces of paper are more important to Bibi Nazdana than anything in the world: ...

A new report released by UNICEF, the children's agency of the UN, says that South Asian countries have the highest number of child brides in the world., The data provided by the agency revealed that ...

A woman who was sold as a bride before she was 12 has recalled how her aunt was so traumatised by her marriage that she set herself on fire. Thankfully, her sister Nadia survived the suicide attempt ...

A former 'child bride' in Missouri burst into tears as she implored lawmakers to raise the state's age of consent. Brandi Dredge, 45, struggled to keep it together as she detailed her experiences as a ...

A disturbing tradition used to groom child brides for "marriage" is being turned on its head by young girls in Zimbabwe, who are rejecting the practice that instructs children on how to sexually ...

Courtney Stodden rose to fame as a tabloid fixture and reality TV star after marrying 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison at age 16. The couple divorced in 2020, and she's since accused him of grooming ...

MAKING her way down the aisle in a red and gold sari, Rubie Marie’s eyes filled with tears as she neared the man she was about to marry. Only Rubie wasn’t a bride on the happiest day of her life but a ...

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