Access to education and skills training helps girls avoid early marriage and gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential. A peer facilitator displays materials from the Rupantaran tool ...

Inside a one-bedroom rented apartment in the heart of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Prati (not her real name) is busy poring over notes from the Japanese language class she joined in the second week of ...

Young mothers with their children in Muktikot where child marriage has become more prevalent as subsistence farmers cope with a succession of droughts and floods that have destroyed harvests. All ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The massive earthquakes in Nepal will lead to a dramatic rise in child marriage and the trafficking of children as criminals prey on orphans and ...

Meet the woman who is helping to stop child marriages after almost being forced into marriage herself at just 14. Neha, 18, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Traditional practices, poverty, last year's massive earthquake and Nepal's ongoing political instability mean child marriages remain a serious problem in the country, where 10 ...

When she was 15, Rachana Sunar almost became another statistic in the staggering numbers that reflect child marriage. While she successfully convinced her parents to call off the marriage and let her ...

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: Incidents of human trafficking and smuggling have been on the rise. According to the Ministry of Women, ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 17 countries with the highest child marriage rates in the world. We know that some cultures globally continue to permit child marriage as a deeply rooted ...