In 2018, Kentucky was a vanguard in the fight to end child marriages, becoming one of the first states to enact legislation ...

A new study backed by former Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg finds that recent cuts to humanitarian and development assistance could slow or even reverse progress on ending ...

Some governments are taking innovative steps to discourage the practice. One country fines participants including the wedding ...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak Wednesday about efforts to end child marriage at the Institute of Global ...

The Women's Initiative at Columbia SIPA's Institute of Global Politics (IGP), together with the Center for Global Development (CGD), today released a new ...

Kentucky Public Radio investigated more than a dozen cases of illegal child marriages in the state, how it happened and who is trying to stop it.

A bill that would eliminate a legal exception allowing 17-year-olds to marry with a judge’s approval is now moving to the full Senate. Supporters say Senate Bill 156 would close a loophole left behind ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — An age difference of no more than four years was a new requirement amended to a bill that aims to ...

Minors as young as sixteen years old can get married in Colorado. A new bill seeks to raise the minimum age to eighteen.

Chief Chikanta of the Tonga people in Kalomo District has backed President Hakainde Hichilema’s call for collaborative efforts to end child ...