September 9, 2017

“FGM is violence, child abuse and sexual assault” – The London Economic

“FGM is violence, child abuse and sexual assault  …and of course we handed out Vulva cupcakes” is not […]
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September 9, 2017

Why you should stand up for girls’ rights – MSNBC

More than 90 percent of countries around the globe have laws that discriminate against women. My homeland, Tanzania, […]
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September 9, 2017

Whatever Happened To … The Father Who Wants To Undo The Child Marriage He Set Up? – NPR

Last August we brought you the story of Lumbaram, a father in a village in Northern India who was […]
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September 9, 2017

Attention Girls: We Have the Power to Change the World – Brit & Co

My name is Cassie Levesque. I’m 18, a Gold Award Girl Scout, and I am working to change […]
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September 9, 2017

Ohio not among states looking to change their child marriage law – Dayton Daily News

Leaders in a dozen states across the nation are examining a question that seems more suited to a […]
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September 9, 2017

State Laws Still Allow Child Marriage in America – HowStuffWorks

It seems unthinkable that children are still getting married in 21st-century America. Yet, it’s happening in every corner of the […]
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September 9, 2017

Child Marriage in the United States, Explained – Teen Vogue

Wedlocked is a Teen Vogue series about child marriage in the United States that examines the history of the practice and […]
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September 1, 2017

As Child Marriages Drop, Hundreds Still Marry In Kentucky Each Year – WFPL

At 14, Donna Pollard’s anger and outbursts landed her in a youth behavioral facility in Southern Indiana. There, […]
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September 1, 2017

Female Genital Mutilation Bill Flies Through Texas Senate – USNews

The Texas Senate has unanimously approved harsher penalties for female genital mutilation in the country’s second-largest state. The […]
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August 31, 2017

The Loopholes That Allow Child Marriage In The U.S. – NPR

Child marriage isn’t just a practice that victimizes girls in poor countries. As this blog has previously reported, it’s […]
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August 31, 2017

Controversial TV show slammed for glorifying child marriage abruptly pulled off the air – The New York Times

An Indian television soap opera that shows a 10-year-old boy married to a 19-year-old woman has been pulled […]
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August 31, 2017

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children – Huffington Post

Loopholes in state laws are allowing child marriage to flourish in the U.S., despite research showing that the […]
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August 31, 2017

Report: Maryland marriage laws make forced child marriage more likely – The Daily Record

Maryland’s marriage laws have several “loopholes” which can make forced or coerced child marriage more likely, according to […]
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August 28, 2017

Educating Girls, Ending Child Marriage – World Bank

Every day, 41,000 girls marry before they are 18 years old. That’s 15 million girls every year. While child […]
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August 28, 2017

A Day Camp That Teaches Kids In The U.S. About Female Genital Mutilation – NPR

It’s a hot and humid day, but the kids are buzzing. As they pile out of a coach […]
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August 28, 2017

Cutting Young Girls Isn’t Religious Freedom – The Wall Street Journal

Earlier this year, a 7-year-old girl from Minnesota entered an examination room at a clinic just outside of […]
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August 28, 2017

Invisible Taliban child brides, widows trapped as sex slaves – Reuters

Fatima’s Taliban husband was so controlling that he refused to allow her to bathe and threatened to burn […]
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August 24, 2017

Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals? – The New York Times

Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 […]
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August 24, 2017

Child Marriage in America: By the Numbers – Frontline

At first, almost no one believed Fraidy Reiss when she said child marriage happens in the United States. […]
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August 24, 2017

The curse of blades and powders: FGM in Somaliland – in pictures – The Guardian

lmost all women aged 15 to 49 in the east African state of Somaliland have suffered female genital […]
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