AHA Foundation news on child marriage and forced marriage
June 2, 2017
Most Girls Scouts spend their time learning survival skills and selling cookies. But Cassandra Levesque, 18, spent her […]
June 1, 2017
One in four of the world’s children – at least 700 million – have had their childhood cut […]
June 1, 2017
Marriages are forced upon children as young as 11 in the US for reasons ranging from religious beliefs […]
May 26, 2017
When she was a scrawny 11-year-old, Sherry Johnson found out one day that she was about to be […]
May 15, 2017
Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday rejected a bill that would have barred all teenagers from getting married in New Jersey […]
May 15, 2017
Women in white dresses and veils, some clutching teddy bears, placed chains around their wrists and tape over […]
April 24, 2017
A man has pleaded guilty to marrying a 14-year-old girl in a forced marriage, after a charge alleging […]
April 24, 2017
“I was really young on my wedding day. And I didn’t know we’d have sex that night. I […]
April 24, 2017
Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani on Tuesday called for the protection of Afghan girls against child marriages. According […]
April 24, 2017
Moriom has a compassionate perspective about her mother’s choice to marry her off a few years ago to […]
April 24, 2017
Early-age marriage is an epidemic felt by girls around the world. In the province of Sindh, Pakistan, nearly […]
April 12, 2017
It was more than five years ago that her father unexpectedly came to school to pick up Aisha, […]
April 12, 2017
The empowerment of indigenous women is one of several issues being discussed at the 61st Commission on the […]
April 12, 2017
In Mozambique, the legal age of marriage is 18, or 16 with parental consent. But the UN International […]
April 12, 2017
We all love a good drama — be it on screen, in real life, or on the radio. […]