Here are five African countries where child marriage is legal or permitted. Child marriage is a violation of children’s rights and is detrimental to the lives of children, families, society ...

Despite efforts to end child marriage globally, an estimated 12 million girls are still married each year. West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of ...

When she signed up for it, she thought she would just be appearing in a school drama."It has changed my life, but I don't want it to change my personality," the teenager says.In the film, just after ...

Michelle Lemuya Ikeny and Milcah Cherotich have been touring to promote the film Child marriage is far from being just a Kenyan issue - girls in sub-Saharan Africa are at the highest risk of child ...

Many Africans knew that Trump’s “America First” outlook meant their continent was likely to be last among his priorities ...

Child marriage can be prevented by simple interventions ... according to research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. "One of the findings is that you can do a modest, cost-contained intervention ...

Child marriage is also a growing concern among refugee children, including those from Myanmar and the Central African Republic. Rizwana’s leadership skills led her to being selected as a Save the ...

Child marriage disproportionately affects girls and is found nearly everywhere. It is particularly widespread in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half of the girls in some ...

The founder of the Makerere Community Church, pastor Martin Sempa has called for the formal recognition of polygamy within Christian marriages during his appearance before the Committee on Legal and ...