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August 24, 2017
UNICEF says more than one in 10 girls in the Dominican Republic are married or living with a […]
August 24, 2017
Women from a small Muslim sect called the Dawoodi Bohras have reported that female genital mutilation has been […]
August 21, 2017
A leading voice on the rights of Muslim women said Sunday U.S. lawmakers continue to take a “head […]
August 21, 2017
State Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers, has a history of protecting children through state legislation, passing bills requiring […]
August 21, 2017
El Salvador and Guatemala have joined a trend in clamping down on child marriage by passing legislation that […]
August 17, 2017
Saudi Arabia is taking major steps to improve women’s rights in the kingdom. Just in the past ten […]
August 17, 2017
Lebanon on Wednesday joined other Arab nations in abolishing a law that lets rapists escape punishment if they […]
August 17, 2017
Seasonal employment, child marriage and school drop out rate are among the reasons making women and girls vulnerable […]
August 17, 2017
The term ‘child marriage’ is used to describe a legal or customary union between two people, of whom […]
August 17, 2017
Disclaimer: this post contains information that may be concerning to those sensitive to the topics of genital mutilation. […]
August 16, 2017
I was quite alarmed by new research on the economic impacts of child marriage released a few weeks ago in […]
August 16, 2017
As I have every August in recent years, I am busy preparing my children to return to school. […]
August 15, 2017
As expected, legislation was filed Monday in the Florida Senate to ban minors from getting married. The bill […]
August 15, 2017
An Op-Ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Published Aug. 10, 2017 Candidate Donald Trump vowed to take a fresh approach […]
August 10, 2017
Theresa May has intervened to halt the deportation of a woman who claimed that her three-year-old daughter would face […]