KABUL, Afghanistan — The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced ...
Peter Yeo | Posted 05.03.2012
When 83 percent of polled Republicans, Democrats and Independents are together on an issue, it stands out as more than simply a consensus -- it's a mandate. That's how many voters want the U.S. to maintain an active role in the U.N.
Maryam Zar | Posted 05.02.2012
This year, a handful of countries are considering fiercely debated bills that would ban the marriage of girls under the age of 17. This horrific practice exists in almost every corner of the world where there is poverty or lack of education.
Esther Munthali | Posted 05.08.2012
As a living example of the power of education, I am now a role model to the community and work to ensure that young women are able to reach their full potential.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.07.2012
Child marriage is one of the most shocking and disturbing practices facing girls around the world today. Every year, ten million girls are forcibly married before the age of eighteen, many as young as twelve or thirteen-years-old.
Jeanne Faulkner | Posted 04.04.2012
When my daughter turns 12 next month she'll have a birthday cake and a slumber party, not a wedding cake and marriage. As an American girl, she's lucky to grow up in a culture where girls can choose who and when they'll marry.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 03.10.2012
Annie Gersh (third from left) with some of her fellow Girl Up Teen Advisors at the "Unite for Girls Tour" in San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Annie ...
AP | By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 12.08.2011
CAIRO -- A leading international rights group on Thursday urged authorities in Yemen to set 18 as the minimum age for marriage to improve girls' oppor...
Robert Walker | Posted 12.26.2011
In a world where severe poverty and hunger is on the rise, continued population growth is not cause for celebration. It's cause for concern and concerted action.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.14.2011
Working to bring together non-governmental agencies from around the world, Girls Not Brides is confronting a practice that prohibits 10 million girls -- annually -- of the right to an education, health, and security.
Michaela Haas | Posted 12.13.2011
Many of us in the charitable community have already heard about the Girl Effect, a ground-breaking campaign launched by the Nike Foundation. But a recap never hurts, so here are some compelling stats to set the stage.
Elisabeth Braw | Posted 12.10.2011
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's President, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful leadership of the war-torn country. Johnson is Africa's first elected female head of state -- and she and other female leaders on the continent have Graca Machel to thank.
Anna Tomasulo | Posted 11.23.2011
Early marriage is common in Nepal. The legal age for marriage is 20, but the median age at first marriage is 17.2 for women aged 20-49. In 2006, the Nepali government reported that 60 percent of women in this age group were married by the age of 18.
Jennifer Buffett | Posted 11.22.2011
On a learning trip to Ethiopia, where 49 percent of girls are married before they are 18, I came face to face with one of the biggest challenges that holds back the world's female population and keeps countries mired in poverty: child marriage.
Monika Mitchell | Posted 11.21.2011
The issue of child marriage and the work of "Girls Not Brides" -- announced yesterday at the Clinton Global Initiative -- highlight the challenges ahead for gender advancement.
Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.21.2011
The Elders, an organization of eminent global leaders first convened by Nelson Mandela, have announced the launch of a major global initiative dedicated to ending child marriage within a generation.
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.30.2011
For a brief media-saturated minute, child marriage took center stage earlier this summer when then 16-year-old Courtney Stodden and 51-year-old "Lost"...
AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 10.09.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took a...
AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 10.08.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Prosecutors seeking life in prison for convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs closed their case with a final barrage of gr...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 10.04.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - The child sex assault case of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is heading to closing arguments. Jeffs, head of the Fundament...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 10.04.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Warren Jeffs was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two child brides after a whirlwind trial in which the polygamist ...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 10.01.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas -- A forensic analyst says DNA evidence shows with 99.99 percent certainty that a polygamist religious leader fathered a child with ...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 09.28.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs broke his silence Friday, delivering before jurors a 55-minute sermon defending plural m...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 09.27.2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas — A Texas prosecutor told jurors Thursday he would present an audio recording of Warren Jeffs raping a 12-year-old girl and DN...
Posted 07.25.2011
In the June issue of National Geographic, writer Cynthia Gorney takes an in-depth look at the illicit, heartbreaking world of child brides. Though the...
AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.05.2012