Benin has launched a new program to tackle child marriage, aiming to cut the rate from 33% in 2019 to 15% by 2029. The initiative was announced on September 3, 2025, and seeks to better protect ...

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 ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Hundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to over 2,200 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Two powerful aftershocks shook eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, raising fears of more deaths and destruction on ...

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, ...

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 ...

An Afghan burqa-clad woman with an injured leg sits beside children outside a house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at the Dara-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province on September 3, 2025. Hope was ...

Aid agencies on Wednesday urged the international community to increase funding to Afghanistan after a major earthquake killed at least 1,400 people and injured thousands more. Just a few countries ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, ...

A marriage usually deteriorates slowly, after months or years of simmering tension and poor communication. But as most divorced people will tell you, if your outlook on the relationship is already ...

Civil society actors have raised the alarm that 8.9 million girls aged ten to nineteen years face the threat of harmful practices, including child marriage, unless urgent action is taken. Child ...