Timely intervention from a UNICEF-supported social worker stopped Farima, 12, from being forced into child marriage in ...

UNICEF warned that restrictions on girls’ education in Afghanistan are fueling rising mental health problems and early marriages ...

UNICEF described the school ban as “one of the defining injustices of our time” — a decision with catastrophic consequences ...

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) yesterday, Wednesday, September 17, urged the Taliban ...

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, have been released by the Taliban, the Foreign Office confirmed. The couple were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central ...

Executive director Catherine Russell said the policy continues to have devastating consequences for millions of girls — and ...

INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THAT CASE. TODAY, ADVOCATES ARE ALSO SPEAKING OUT TO END CHILD MARRIAGE HERE IN KENTUCKY. IN 2018, THE LAW ESTABLISHED THAT 17 IS THE LEGAL AGE TO ...

When the Kentucky legislature passed new protections against child marriage into law in 2018, Donna Simmons felt her years of tireless advocacy to prevent other teens from predatory marriages had ...

The earthquake in Afghanistan revealed more than physical destruction; it exposed the peril women face when denied medical ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and advocates on Thursday launched a new push to end child marriage in Kentucky. The R.I.S.E. Kentucky Coalition stands for Reclaim Innocence, ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed a child and wounded a NATO soldier and three other people Saturday in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The ...