Roya Karimi escaped child marriage and violence in Afghanistan to rebuild her life in Norway. Now a world‑class bodybuilder, she inspires Afghan women to pursue freedom and their dreams. Teenage ...

The reported execution of a child bride victim in Iran has sparked widespread condemnation. Human rights organization Hengaw reported on April 29 that Iranian authorities had hanged Hanifeh Avandi, a ...

More people should be angry about the execution of a child bride in Iran, it has been suggested (Image: Getty) The reported execution of a child bride victim in Iran has sparked widespread ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “15 years ago today, a 16 year old girl was married off to a man 35 years older than her and the world treated her like the ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 20, Courtney Stodden shared an Instagram post marking what would have been the 15th anniversary of her 2011 wedding to ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...

Child marriage has long been a problem in Afghanistan. A 2021 UNICEF report estimated that 28% of Afghan women aged 15–49 years were married before the age of 18. A new decree issued by the Taliban's ...

Six-year-old Farzana was a child bride, pledged by her father to a 13-year-old boy for a sum equivalent to approximately $60. After repeated appeals from Farzana's mother, tribal chiefs intervened and ...

Ohio legislators are not voting on a bipartisan bill that would ban marriage before the age of 18. Chagrin Falls resident Stephanie Lowry was 16 years old and 16 weeks pregnant when she was forced to ...