Here are five African ... Child Rights Act prohibiting marriage below 18. The constitution appears to conflict with this, and Islamic legal systems have failed to adopt both federal law and ...

This is according to research from the Gender Inequality in Family Laws ... child marriage. In contrast, the legal marriage age is 18 in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Africa ...

The Child Development Department successfully intervened to stop the planned marriages of four minor girls in Uchhola village, Rudraprayag. Following a complaint, officials counseled the families on ...

She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders ...

MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation ...

Straightforward application of international protections against ... Law Reform Commission of South Africa released a report condemning the absence of formal legal recognition for same-sex ...

According to the latest UNICEF study on child marriage, Latin America is second only to sub-Saharan Africa as the region of the world where the fight against such a practice has progressed the ...

Dr. Taiwo: Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in Africa ... up child rights advocacy in alignment with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child would offer a renewed impetus for ...

The devastation of child ... weak laws and enforcement, the perception that marriage will provide “protection,” customs or religious laws, and unequal gender norms. Kadidia*, 14, and her parents were ...