They were there to call on state lawmakers to outlaw child marriage. In California, the age of sexual consent is 18 without exception, and anyone over that age engaging in intercourse with a minor ...

You can get in touch with Andrew by emailing a.stanton@newsweek.com. Languages: English. Child marriage remains legal in most states, many of which allow children as young as 15 or 16 years old to ...

Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group “Unchained at Last” put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the ...

Chavie Weisberger on Thursday, June 22, 2023, hugs fellow child marriage survivor Fatemah on the west steps of the California state Capitol as they told their stories during a rally against child ...

Languages: English In the Newsweek poll, 44 percent of Gen Z said they supported child marriage, and 57 percent said they would support the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in their efforts to oppose ...

At the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, survivor of child marriage and internationally-recognized expert on the issue Naila Amin advocates for federal law banning marriage for children ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A useful test of the proposition that the Missouri General Assembly might be a little less retrograde this session than it ...

The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in the state and raise the minimum age of marriage to 18. The measure passed the Senate unanimously in March. On Thursday, it passed the ...

One proposal requires couples to attend marriage counseling before they can file for divorce. The other gives a tax credit to married couples with kids, as long as it is their biological child.

Child marriage is a serious problem in Sierra Leone, where 30 percent of girls and 4 percent of boys are married before age 18, with even higher rates in rural areas.

The Jewish-led group Unchained at Last was part of a coalition advocating for the law. New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, D.C., was signed into law last week following advocacy ...