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

With the help of a local charity and child marriage activist, 18-year old child bride who was married off at just 11 months finally wins her freedom. After 18 years of persecution, Santadevi Meghwal ...

Senate Bill 341 and House Bill 670 are identical bills that would firmly set 18 as the minimum age for marriage in Ohio.

(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, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Known for its coastlines, mountains and the state that was “first in flight,” North Carolina has also developed a more dubious reputation recently: as a regional destination for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate Majority Caucus Chair Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, presents a bill in the Senate Education Committee on Feb. 7, 2019.

The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

WASHINGTON—Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated ...

Model and singer Courtney Stodden has condemned child marriage in the United States, describing it as ‘America’s dirty little secret’. Reflecting on her marriage at age 16 to actor Doug Hutchison, who ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Police are now investigating whether child weddings are being conducted at a Philadelphia mosque after a sexual assault victim comes forward to Action News. In a Facebook video posted ...