Child bride

Pakistani girl, 3, sold into marriage for $9,000 under 'walwar' custom, sparking int'l outrage

Police arrested the girl’s father and are searching for the 60-year-old man identified as her alleged husband as investigators examine links to the killing of her older sister.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Pakistani girl helps make bricks at a kiln during World Day Against Child Labour on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 12, 2014.
Closeup of arrested hands with handcuffs.

Police detain 16 in renewed Yavne’el child-marriage investigation

Authorities detained 16 people in Yavne’el as part of an investigation into alleged child marriage offenses, following another major police action in the Lower Galilee community earlier this year.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group "Unchained at Last" put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the State House to call for an end to child marriages in Boston, Massachusetts on September 22, 2021.

California legislature votes to ban child marriage and empower forced marriage victims

The two bills are yet to be signed into law, as they await Governor Gavin Newsom's signature. If confirmed, the legislation will take effect on January 1, 2027.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East and Central Asia as seen on a vintage globe, November 14, 2024

Victim of child marriage in Iran dies of wounds after self-immolation, human rights groups claim

Under Article 1041 of the Iranian Civil Code, girls under 13 and boys under 15 can legally marry with the consent of a paternal legal guardian and court approval, with no absolute minimum age set.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Iranian regime women's affairs vice president supports child marriage

"Khazali should have found a solution to end child abuse in Iran instead of promoting child marriage."

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A just-married Iranian couple walks past other couples attending a mass wedding celebration at Azadi Sport Centre in Tehran February 27, 2002 where about 900 people tied the knot.

Brooklyn Hasidic rabbi under investigation for promoting child marriage

While the US State Department has declared them a human rights violation, child marriages are currently still legal in at least 13 US states.

MARCH 27, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
An illustration of a bride and groom during a Civil marriage outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2020.

Young Pakistani activist fights forced child marriage

Hadiqa Bashir works in Swat Valley, until recently a Pakistani Taliban stronghold.

FEBRUARY 20, 2021ByARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
Hadiqa Bashir, 19, has been actively working against early and forced marriages for the last eight years in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once a hotbed of the Pakistani Taliban.

PA outlaws child marriage

Government of Mohammad Shtayyeh raises the minimum age of consent to 18

NOVEMBER 15, 2019ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
Newly married Tala Soboh, 14, and her 15-year-old husband Ahmed walk on the beach two days after their marriage in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip September 26, 2013. The newlyweds live in the family's three-room home, sharing it with nine relatives. Ahmed works with his father a

Palestinian Authority outlaws child marriage

Mohammad Shtayyeh's government raises minimum age of consent to 18.

NOVEMBER 15, 2019ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
Meanwhile in India: Krishna, then 14, sits with her baby Alok outside her house in a village near Baran in 2013. Krishna married her husband Gopal when she was 11 and he was 13; India's legal age for marriage is 18, but marriages like these are common, especial in poor, rural areas.

In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban

The government raised the marriage age for girls from 16 to 19 in September, but rights groups fear deep-rooted traditions and the practice of not registering unions could hamper efforts.

OCTOBER 31, 2019ByREUTERS
Wedding ring (illustrative)

WATCH: Iranian man marries 11-year-old girl

Two days after the marriage, a prosecutor annulled the marriage and said he was indicting the mullah (officiant) and the girl's parents for an illegal underaged marriage.

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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