April 29, 2010

Nigeria probes senator accused of marrying child

Nigeria’s parliament on Thursday launched an investigation into whether a 49-year-old senator illegally married an underage girl, a […]
April 29, 2010

Reem Al Numery

Time Magazine’s 2010 100 most influential people includes Reem al Numery, who at the age of 12 was […]
April 22, 2010

Saudi Arabia to introduce minimum marriage age after 11-year-old wins divorce

Saudi Arabia could introduce a minimum age of marriage for the first time after a girl who married […]
April 20, 2010

Protection orders for girls held to be at risk of forced marriage

A High Court judge in Belfast has imposed protection orders regarding two girls he held to be at […]
March 22, 2010

Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is Imperiled

In Yemen, a ban on child brides is imperiled as some of Yemen’s most influential Muslim leaders have […]
March 17, 2010

Muslim girls 10, 11 separated from husbands

Two Malaysian girls aged 10 and 11 who were wed to middle-aged men have been separated from their […]
March 11, 2010

Muslim child brides on rise

Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships of husbands […]
February 11, 2010

In some cultures, not all marriages are made in heaven

A doctoral student in criminology at the University of Montraal (Canada), Madeline Lamboley believes it’s time to lift […]
February 2, 2010

From Quebec to France: forced marriages still exist

Madeline Lamboley, a PhD student from the Universite de Montreal School of Criminology, hopes to create more data […]
January 28, 2010

Forced marriage victims’ calls going unanswered

Calls for help from forced marriage victims are being ignored because the British Government has cut funding to […]
January 17, 2010

West Midlands (UK) cops foil honour killings

Police have foiled more than 25 potential honour killings in the West Midlands in the last year, the […]
January 14, 2010

Website to tackle honour violence

Victims of forced marriage or honor violence can now turn to online counselors for help: a website, called […]
January 9, 2010

Social workers failing women facing forced marriage, says report

Almost half of the 86 females who were granted civil safeguards in cases of forced marriage over the […]
January 8, 2010

Social workers failing women facing forced marriage, says report

Children as young as nine have been rescued from forced marriages under new special protection orders in the […]
December 22, 2009

Man urged son to rape cousin, 12

A man who encouraged his teenage son to marry and rape his 12-year-old cousin has been jailed: the […]
November 26, 2009

Twice as many women as expected helped to avoid forced marriage

In the United Kingdom, nearly twice as many women as expected have been placed under special protection against […]
November 22, 2009

New British law helps women facing forced marriage

A new British law has saved at least 86 victims from forced marriages thus far, but more remains […]
November 19, 2009

Darwish dis-invited from Princeton University

At Princeton University, a planned talk by Egyptian-American human rights activist Nonie Darwish was canceled Tuesday evening when […]
October 22, 2009

Cautious welcome to anti-forced marriage plan

Swiss campaigners against forced marriage have welcomed government plans to impose tougher penalties on those found guilty of […]
October 6, 2009

Children face forced marriages in Norway

In Norway, the Red Cross has set up a hotline for women facing forced marriage or FGM: according […]