Not long ago in November, a marriage farce involving a young couple in North China's Shanxi Province was exposed online. The bride's mother had asked the groom for 30,000 yuan ($4,200) in addition to ...

This is the second article in a series on bride prices. Part one, on how the practice varies by region, can be found here. Bai, a doctor who runs a clinic in a largely rural county in northwestern ...

Janet Akiding, 28, a victim of domestic violence, sits at the doorway of her father's homestead in Uganda's Bukedea district on September 25, 2014, after she ran away from her matrimonial home where ...