Carian mengenai topik child marriage

The fact that child marriage remains 'still LEGAL' in Malaysia may have unintended 'normalisation' effect on the rape cases.

Over 1,000 cases of child marriage continue to be recorded in Malaysia each year. UNICEF’s Zoe Gan and Azira Aziz from Pelajar Bukan Pengantin delve into the data gaps, factors at play and where progress can be made.

Study reveals that, many parents saw marriage as the best option for daughters who had limited options to study during COVID lockdowns.

Police in Assam detain 3,000 men in month-long operation.

Umoja provides a refuge for women of the Samburu community and beyond fleeing female genital mutilation, domestic abuse or child marriage.

Removing the 'illegitimate' title given to children born out of wedlock is critical for their mental and emotional health.

A growing number of Syrian refugee women and girls are challenging societal pressure to marry early.

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Both the state legislative assemblies and the parents are the frontline stakeholders in the cause of preventing future child marriages.

"When her husband told her he had sold Qandi, "my heart stopped beating. I wished I could have died at that time." Gul said.

Fore says COVID-19 has made an already difficult situation for millions of girls even worse.

Rina said in Malaysia, an average of 1,500 children, regardless of racial and religious background, were involved in child marriages.

H'Hen poured all of her Miss Universe prize money into scholarship programmes for schoolchildren.

Tens of thousands of girls across Asia are being forced into marriage by desperate families plunged into poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a study conducted by global agency UNICEF in 2017, as many as 27 per cent of girls in India are married off before their 18th birthday.