DC Mayor Bowser signs off on child marriage ban
In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of ...
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Child Marriage: The Devastating End of Childhood
Rizwana had several difficult years but was assisted through them by Save the Children to better educate her family and avoid attempts of child marriage and child labor and eventually continue with ...
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Article 16: Right to marriage and family and to equal rights of men and women during and after marriage
Despite its pervasiveness, forced early marriage has rarely been viewed as a human rights violation in itself. Nonetheless, it violates Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...
Lawmakers renew plan to ban child marriage in Missouri
Under current law, 16- and 17-year-olds can marry with parental consent. A bill sponsored by Sen. Tracy McCreery would ...