Child Marriage

Mothers Of Ethiopia Part II: Escaping Child Marriage

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 11.30.2009 | World


Hanna Ingber Win

Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...

Ending Childhood Marriage Will Save Lives

Madeline Wheeler | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


Madeline Wheeler

While it is widely recognized that adolescent marriage violates human rights, often depriving girls of further education, most people don't recognize that it is a health hazard.

India's Child Bride TV Sensation Aims To Change An Ancient Tradition

Global Post | Jason Overdorf | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


NEW DELHI -- Defying all the conventional wisdom about Indian television viewers -- notorious for dogged allegiance to campy soap operas that pitted...

Yemen Islamists Fight Law Banning Child Marriage

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


SAN'A, Yemen — She was 2 years old when her father promised her in marriage to a man in his 30s. It was a swap, so the father could marry the ma...