Zambia passes landmark legislation setting the marriageable age at 18, without exception, in a major shift in the nation’s commitment to ending child marriage. The legislation directly responds to the ...

MWENDA, Zambia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sheltering from the midday heat in her yellow-painted bungalow, Chieftainess Mwenda speaks passionately about her mission to end child marriage in Zambia, ...

Since 2018, 16 states and Washington, D.C., have ended child marriage by raising the legal age for marriage to 18.

The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...