Aged 15 and already pregnant after marrying last year, Pinku Das Sarkar has no idea what to do following her husband's Feb. 2 ...

Child brides being beaten by their husbands will no longer be included in India's biggest survey of domestic violence - ...

In India, nearly half of all girls are married before they turn the legal age of 18. In the state of Bihar, the statistics are even grimmer: 69% of girls are wedded before they’re 18 and 48% before ...

A man has been booked for manipulating a minor girl into marriage and rape in Shimla district. As per the complaint filed by ...

When the world talks about child rights, India is often cast in the shadow of its challenges. The children in the country are often seen through the lens of vulnerability, without rights or safety.

Gandhinagar (Agenzia Fides) – With an awareness-raising campaign scheduled to run from November 1, 2025, to January 26, 2026, the Salesians in the Indian state of Gujarat aim to raise awareness among ...

BHILWARA, India, Aug 4 (TrustLaw) - Her fate looked sealed when her family began organising the nuptial celebrations. But the bride-to-be, a shy schoolgirl from a remote village in western India, wasn ...

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said on Dec. 22. "We will ...

Across the developing world, ten million girls are married off each year before the age of eighteen, usually against their will. One in seven of those girls is younger than fifteen. In some places ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a ...