Child marriage and teenage pregnancy continue to rob thousands of girls across Kenya of their potential. These practices are not only violations of human rights, but also forms of gender-based ...

Every year in Japan, thousands of fathers fall victim to parental child abduction. It very often follows the same pattern: ...

An Afghan asylum seeker was a child when he arrived in Britain, despite having grey hairs and authorities finding he lacked a ...

The nonprofit Rozan was set up in 1998 with the goal of eradicating domestic violence from Pakistani society.

Local sources in Helmand say that a 45-year-old man, who already has two other wives, has married a 6-year-old girl. A photo ...

A 45-year-old man married a six-year-old girl in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan, sparking outrage and renewed concern over ...

In an unprecedented move, a total of 33,000 undocumented Afghan refugees were sent back from Iran to their home country on ...

The body of an 8-year-old girl who had been missing for three days was recovered in the Bhana Mari area here, police informed ...

Many Afghan women are largely confined to their homes, no longer able to go out in public on their own or to drive. Where ...

An Afghan mother has become the first person jailed under Australia 's forced marriage law for coercing her daughter into a marriage that led to the 21-year-old’s murder. Sakina Muhammad Jan, in ...

An Afghan mother forced her daughter into marriage. Six weeks later the 21-year-old ended up dead - Sakina Muhammad Jan was found guilty of forcing her 21-year-old daughter, Ruqia Haidari, to ...

Child marriages have increased by around 25 percent since the Taliban takeover, according to UN Women, the United Nations agency for gender equality and the empowerment of women.