UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause ...

Iraq’s proposal to lower the legal marriage age for girls to as young as 9 isn’t about protection—it’s about controlling and subjugating women and girls for the pleasure and entitlement of ...

The agency warned that over 4 million girls will be out of school if the ban lasts until 2030. Afghan women walk by posters of Taliban leaders and flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021.

In October 2024, World Vision Kenya launched The Big Dream to End Child Marriage program to reduce child marriage by 2030, targeting counties like Baringo, Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Migori, West ...

They are Maasai girls living at a boarding school in Transmara in western Kenya, which doubles up as a rescue center for teens who have escaped early marriage and female genital mutilation.

Nigeria girls have demanded for the enforcement of laws prohibiting child marriage and provide support systems for teenage mothers, including access to education and healthcare.