child marriage

Girls are leading on climate, technology and rights, but millions still face child marriage and are denied control over their futures.

Iraq’s new laws on child marriage will condemn generations of girls to a sub-human existence by allowing this tragedy.

The Iraqi parliament has passed a new law, giving religious authorities the power to legalise marriages of children as young as nine. 

Girls as young as nine could be forced into marriage in Iraq, as conservative groups in parliament push to lower the age of consent.

Her name is Neha. When she was 14, she received a marriage proposal from a much older man. When former AFLW player Akec Makur Chuot read Neha’s story, she was reminded of her little sister.

Sierra Leone’s government has passed a historic bill that will criminalise the act of child marriage in the west African nation. 

The number of girls at “extreme risk” due to climate change and child marriage will increase by 33 per cent to 40 million by 2050.

Across eight countries in Africa, food shortages are leading to a soaring rate of violence against girls and women.

A new study by World Vision found that an additional 3.3 million children are at greater risk of child marriage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.