Pakistan’s top Islamic body on Tuesday (May 27) rejected a bill that seeks to criminalize child marriages in Islamabad, describing it as “un-Islamic.” The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) also ...

Despite fierce opposition from Islamist groups in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday (May 30) signed into law a landmark bill to curb child marriage, setting the minimum age for marriage ...

The Texas House brought the state one step closer to eliminating a legal loophole that permits child marriages. Marriage involving teens is rare after lawmakers in 2017 took steps to curb the practice ...