The 48-year-old farmer Abdulrzak Ampatuan says he plans to have kids with his 13-year-old wife when she turns 20. They married in the Mamasapano town in the Philippines. The story that’s been shocking the public lately claims the child has been forced to marry this man and have a wedding […]
Somalia parliament is considering a bill that will legalize child marriage once the sexual organs of girls become mature enough. And, it will allow forced marriage with the family’s consent. This bill is a rework of several years of efforts by the society to bring a proposed law to protect […]
Malawi is one of the most concentrated regions for child marriage in the world. Unfortunately, 50 percent of the girls there get married prior to the age of 18th and a quarter of maternal deaths happen in cases of teen pregnancy. However, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto is trying to change this. […]