Over two years ago, global attention was heightened by the situation in Afghanistan when American ... shows a 55-year-old man taking a 9-year-old child as his bride. The girl has been sold by ...
These pieces of paper are more important to Bibi Nazdana than anything in the world: they are the divorce granted to her after a two-year court battle to free herself from life as a child bride.
Unicef has said that it is deeply concerned about reports that child marriage is on the rise in Afghanistan. One headteacher in central Ghor province told the BBC that the issue of school closures ...
The Taliban's 2021 takeover in Afghanistan was a disaster for women's rights, causing an almost complete reversal of the hard-won human rights progress over previous decades. Our latest reports show ...
Known for her fierce advocacy for women's rights, Navratilova's comments came in the wake of a heart-wrenching report on forced child marriages in Afghanistan. The issue of forced child marriages ...
Navratilova's response came amid her emotional outcry over the harrowing plight of Afghan girls forced into child marriages. Known for her outspoken advocacy on human rights and equality ...
LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan fear for their lives after the Taliban regains power Plan International’s country director for the Philippines, Ana Maria Locsin, hailed the ban. “Child marriage ...