Child marriages remain widespread in Nepal, with surveys showing that 42% of the poorest families marry off their children. Experts highlight poverty and lack of education as key drivers of this ongoing social challenge, raising concerns about children’s health, education, and future opportunities.


Nepal: One In Three Girls Married Before 18, Poverty And Education Drive Child Marriages 

In northern Iran, Goli Kouhkan was just 12 years old when she was forced to marry her cousin. By 13, she had a child — and years of abuse followed. Now, at only 25, she faces execution after a domestic dispute led to her husband’s death.

Her husband’s family has reportedly agreed to spare her life if she can raise 10 billion tomans (£80,000) by December.
Her story has sparked global outrage and renewed attention on Iran’s child marriage laws, women’s rights abuses, and the execution of young women.

On Death Row at 25? The Child Bride Exposing Iran’s Harsh Reality for Girls

In Zimbabwe, young women and girls are reclaiming an ancient cultural tradition to challenge child marriages and push for gender equality. This powerful grassroots movement is not only defying harmful practices but also reshaping how tradition can be used as a force for justice. In this video, we explore how these girls are using culture as a tool for change, and the growing impact of their message across the country.

Zimbabwe Girls Use Traditional Custom to Fight Child Marriages

Colombian Congress votes to end child marriages after 17-year-long campaign

Video: ‘Hindu girls being forcibly converted to Islam,’ reveals Hindu senator in Pakistan

There is a problem that the United States does not like talking about. It is a problem of Child Marriage. The practice is rampant- given that only 12 states outlaw the marriage of a minor. This report has the details

Child Marriage: America's secret problem

Child marriages in Bangladesh on rise, over 40 per cent young women married before 18

Victim of child marriage who killed her husband executed in Iran

Explained | UN fears end of child marriage is still 300 years away. Here’s why

Assam: Implementation of Child Marriage Act, a sine qua non !

EXPLAINED | Crackdown on child marriage in India's Assam: What really happened?

Grandmother at 36: This Chinese woman stirs national debate on early marriage

Even 20-day-old daughters are being 'sold in marriage' in Afghanistan, says UNICEF official

UN condemns Zimbabwe child marriages after 14-year-old girl dies giving birth

Britain set to scrap nearly century-old legal loophole allowing child marriage ‘by back door’

In Nepal and across the world, child marriage is rising

Covid child brides: 10 million more girls can be pushed into child marriage, warns Unicef report

Arzoo Raja is just 14, it’s a case of child marriage: Pakistan court    

Do more to end child marriages, UN tells Bangladesh

High time to end child marriages

Delay in bill criminalising sex outside marriage divides Indonesians

Indonesia raises the minimum age for brides to end child marriage

1 in every 10 men in Nepal gets married underage: UNICEF

Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: World Bank

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