Forced Marriage

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.

France Seeks To Prohibit Forced Marriage, Genital Mutilation

AP | LAURENCE JOAN-GRANGE | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


PARIS — France's government launched a campaign Tuesday against forced marriages and genital mutilation, seeking to protect women from practices...

UK Doctor Drugged, Forced To Wed In Bangladesh

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 01.19.2009 | World


LONDON — Britain's High Court issued an order Friday preventing a London-based doctor from being removed from the U.K. without her consent after...