Child Brides

Child Marriage Costs Countries Billions In Lost Earnings, Says World Bank

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday December 6, 2018

According to a new World Bank report, more than a third of girls in sub-Saharan Africa marry before their 18th birthday, which costs countries billions of dollars in lost earnings.

Thai Bride, 11, Returns From Malaysia After "Immense Media Pressure"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday August 12, 2018

An 11-year-old child bride returned to Thailand this week following widespread outcry over her marriage to a Malaysian man 30 years her senior, an official told AFP on Saturday.

Husband Kills Child Bride For Revenge In Afghanistan: Officials

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 1, 2018

An Afghan child forced to marry a man at least twice her age in a traditional bridal exchange has been tortured to death by her husband in a revenge killing, officials said Tuesday.

India Set To Bring Law That Treats Every Future Child Marriage As Invalid

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday July 8, 2018

Home to a third of the world's child brides, India is set to change the law that is seen to legitimize child marriage and treat every marriage in the future involving minors to be invalid.

Despite In-Laws' Threats, Child Bride Moves Court To Annul Marriage

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday June 7, 2018

Married off at the tender age of 6, Pintudevi suffered for 12 years before finally moving court to dissolve the child marriage.

Rescued From Marriage At 15, She Wants To Be Doctor. You Can Help

Hyderabad News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Wednesday May 30, 2018

She displays remarkable determination to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor, despite all that she was made to go through.A fortnight ago, the 15-year-old who was being forcibly married to a physically challenged 38-year-old man was rescued as the ceremony was in progress at a temple in Hyderabad.

Google Doodle: Celebrating Rukhmabai Raut's Birth Anniversary

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Wednesday November 22, 2017

Rukhmabai Raut was born in Mumbai, then Bombay, on November 22, 1864. She was a child bride, married off at the age of 11, to Dadaji Bhikaji, 19. Child marriage was a common practice among Indians then.

How Social Media, New Laws Help Set India's Child Brides Free

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Monday October 23, 2017

MUMBAI: Campaigners are using social media and lobbying for special laws to annul child marriages in India. Kriti Bharti, founder of Saarthi Trust, has helped nullify more than 30 child marriages in Rajasthan, and recently used Facebook posts as evidence in court in a state where these marriages are often held secretly at night. “We have a law a...

Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Friday October 13, 2017

New Delhi: – A ruling by the Supreme Court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime, according to campaigners. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if s...

Sex With Wife Below 18 Can Be Punished With Life Imprisonment: Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2017

The Supreme Court judgement criminalising sexual intercourse by a man with his minor wife can attract a jail term of 10 years under the India Penal Code or even a life term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

23 Million Child Brides In The Country: Supreme Court Raises Alarm

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 13, 2017

Expressing dismay over an alarming figure of 23 million child brides in the country, the Supreme Court has said one out of every five marriages violated laws prohibiting child marriage.

Child Bride Seller Turns Police Informer, Reveals Shocking Details On Hyderabad’s ‘Contract Marriages’

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Wednesday October 11, 2017

Hyderabad: For years, Haji Khan – a lanky man in his thirties – moved inconspicuously in the bylanes of Hyderabad’s Old City, scouring the streets for child brides for older men visiting from Gulf states, pocketing about Rs 10,000 for each girl. Mr Khan struck two kinds of deals: ‘Pucca‘ meant long-term marriages where the girl would fly ...

Hyderabad's Child Bride Racket Revives Memory Of 11-Year-Old Ameena

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 22, 2017

Hyderabad: The busting of a child-bride racket involving elderly Arabs has revived the memory of the 1991 incident when 11-year-old Ameena Begum was rescued by an airhostess from the clutches of a husband who was old enough to be her grandfather. Hyderabad police on Wednesday claimed to have rescued 12 underaged girls and busted a major racket wit...

33 Per Cent Of Child Brides In The World Are Indian: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 21, 2017

India contributes 33 per cent of the total number of child brides in the world with nearly 103 million Indians married before they were 18.

More Education, Fewer Child Brides Mean Healthier Children, Finds Study

Indo-Asian News Service,IndiaSpend | Friday July 21, 2017

By Komal Ganotra/ IndiaSpend.org  Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years were married in India in 2011, according to census data, but fewer literate women were married as children or had children early compared to those who were illiterate, according to an analysis by Child Rights and You (CRY), a Mumbai-based child rights non-pr...