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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In a major step to protect children’s rights, President Asif Ali Zardari signed a bill into law on Friday that officially bans child marriage across Pakistan. The new law sets 18 years as the ...

The remaining two-thirds is inherited by legal heirs as per Muslim law. But the situation is different for Muslims whose marriage has been solemnised and registered under the Special Marriage Act.

But in March, the House approved an exception to the new law, passing a bill that makes 17 the age of consent for marriage if one of the pair is active-duty military. On Thursday, the Senate ...

AUGUSTA — No one under the age of 18 will be allowed to get married in Maine without parental consent once a new state law takes effect. A bill to raise the legal age for marriage from 17 to 18 ...

Same-Sex Marriage Is the Law of the Land. Some States Are Debating It Anyway. State efforts to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage have not advanced, but they have reopened the ...