Ghada* was 15 when she fell pregnant with her third child. For three years, she had been married to an older man - a man her father had paired her with out of perceived necessity. 'My family is poor,' ...

It is estimated that one in five girls across the world is married by the age of 18. Even countries that have laws against child marriage sometimes fail to enforce them. But in Malawi some are seeing ...

Child marriage in Afghanistan has spread more severely under the Taliban’s ban on female education and employment A 45-year-old groom allegedly married a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan in a wedding ...

Families are being plunged into poverty by the pandemic, forcing girls into early marriages (file photo) The coronavirus pandemic could lead to a spike in child marriages globally, reversing 25 years ...