South Asia home to world's highest number of child brides, UN says
There are 290 million child brides in the region, accounting for 45% of the global total, Unicef says.
Indian child marriage arrests leave teen brides in the lurch
Marriage under 18 is illegal in India, though almost a quarter of married Indian women wed before their 18th birthday, reports show.
India arrests over 2,000 in child marriage crackdown
Police say girls as young as 12 are still being married to men in Assam state, with a total of 4,074 cases to investigate.
Philippines bans child marriage
The government says the law on banning child marriage is consistent with international conventions on the rights of women and children.
Putrajaya obliged to raise minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls, says rights group
LFL says the government is bound by its obligations under various international treaties and cannot allow individual states to have the final say in the matter.
12-year-old’s marriage causes stir in Iraq
The legal age for marriage in Iraq is 18 but can be lowered to 15 in cases of parental or judicial consent.
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
Child marriage has been practised in Afghanistan for centuries, but war and climate change-related poverty have driven many families to resort to striking deals earlier and earlier in girls' lives.
Behind the veil of child marriage
Activists welcome the change over the years but say more groundwork is needed to dislodge long-held social norms.
Child marriage in Malaysia: how old is too young? It depends on who you ask
Some religious authorities do not see child marriage as sensitive or worth discussing.
Disfigured by acid, the face of violence against Yemen’s women
'I went through hell,' says 19-year-old who was married at 12 and rejected by her husband at 16 before being disfigured in an acid attack.
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