Child marriage intensifies poverty, increases maternal mortality, causes educational dropout, and further entrenches gender inequality. The recent piece of legislation, in any case, is limited to ICT.

An aspect of child marriage, ignored by the law and policymakers, is self-arranged marriages by adolescents.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, a bill protecting marriage for LGBTQ+ and interracial couples, while praising those who had long fought for equal ...

The law ‘made adultery and fornication easier’ and legitimate marriages difficult’: FazlPESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday rejected the rec ...

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday rejected the recently enacted Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025, announcing nationwide protest ...

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced a nationwide protest campaign against the recently proposed legislation on underage marriage, declaring the bill contrary to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Lawmakers are igniting plans for Ohioans to vote in 2026 on whether to repeal the state’s dormant same-sex marriage ban, out of concern it could be reenacted if the U.S ...

A new study commissioned by Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) (https://WLSAZim.co.zw/), with support from Equality Now (https://apo-opa.co/4kxQG3t), has found that although Zimbabwe has ...

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday came out strongly against the recently enacted Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025, announcing a ...

A man and woman were publicly flogged 100 times each in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday after they were found guilty of sex outside marriage by a court operating under strict ...

Lena Dunham revealed details of her final "affair" before marriage in a new guest essay for British Vogue; Dunham married her husband, Luis Felber, in 2021 after she moved to London.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has drawn sharp criticism after announcing protests against the newly enacted Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Bill.