A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

NEW YORK -- A disturbing issue that affects many girls in our area is being forced into marriage when they are underage. It might surprise you that thousands of girls under the age of 18 are getting ...

A push to ban child marriage in Ohio has stalled at the Statehouse, leaving current law in place that allows some 17-year-olds to marry with court approval.

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Some reacted with anger and confusion, while others looked on approvingly, even offering their congratulations. A 12-year-old girl, in a white wedding dress and veil, stands beside a man who looks ...

India is home to one third of the world’s child brides while South Asia as a whole accounts for 42 percent of the child marriage cases worldwide, according to a new UNICEF report released Tuesday.

Rosalyn Yellin, star of Netflix’s newest reality show, Members Only: Palm Beach, said she became a child bride when she moved to Israel to get away from her abusive father. The world was introduced to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 12 million girls are married each year before the age of 18. Fiordaliso via Getty Images Last November, Colombia passed a law ...