AHA Foundation news on child marriage and forced marriage
April 12, 2017
President Abdul Hamid yesterday signed three bills, including Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2017 that has a provision for […]
April 12, 2017
Kenya celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday by launching the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage under the […]
April 12, 2017
The New Jersey legislature passed a bill Monday that will ban marriage for those under the age of […]
April 5, 2017
Cradling her baby boy in her arms, 17-year-old Kawthar Nawara walks into the single room she shares with […]
April 5, 2017
When she was 10, Safia Mahjebin started skipping school. She used to ride the New York City subways, […]
April 5, 2017
The skirt belongs to her mother, the scarf to a friend. The red necklace was a gift (“My […]
April 5, 2017
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is taking a beating for killing a bill that would have stopped […]
March 20, 2017
Sumina Pariyar is just a teenager, but looks older than her 17 years as she holds her coughing […]
March 20, 2017
Henceforth, any parent in the Jirapa District who gives out his or her daughter who is less than […]
March 20, 2017
A vague new child marriage law in Bangladesh invokes the parental permission loophole setting no minimum age for […]
March 20, 2017
The baby on Bharati’s lap could easily pass off for her kid brother. The sari and full sleeve […]
March 20, 2017
The trauma that child brides go through can last a lifetime. Forced to become wives and mothers before […]
March 20, 2017
In Nepal, 37 percent of girls are married before the age of 18, despite the legal age of marriage […]
March 20, 2017
The slight girl in a turquoise headscarf held back tears as she recalled what happened when she fled […]
March 20, 2017
Save the Children’s Country Director Mr. Peter Walsh who delivered his speech at the opening ceremony of the […]