In a village in Rajasthan where child marriage was once seen as tradition rather than unlawful, resistance was almost unthinkable. Yet one teenager chose to say no. Payal Jangid, who was once expected ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

When 15-year-old Geeta Jadhav disappeared from her home during last year’s monsoon, her teacher, Suvarna Gaikwad, already knew what had happened. Geeta had been married off to Prashant Koli, a boy ...

A woman in Jodhpur, India, successfully annulled her marriage, which was solemnised when she was 12 years old, after a court ...

A woman here reclaimed her life through a court battle breaking a decade-long union that was solemnised when she was just 12, ...

A woman in Jodhpur, India, successfully annulled her child marriage through a court battle, highlighting the ongoing issue of ...

A powerful shift is underway in the global understanding of child marriage. What was long treated as a social or cultural issue is now increasingly recognized for what it truly is: a grave violation ...

Government officials faced assault from relatives while intervening to stop a child marriage in Kendrapada. The team, seeking birth certificates, was attacked when they attempted to prevent the union ...