Child bride
After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men
Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.”
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Iran spares child bride from death penalty after she pays off family of dead abuser
Femicide in Iran: Child bride beaten to death by husband with wooden stick, rights org. says
Child bride forced to pay abusive husband's family blood money or Iran will execute her
Forced to marry at 12 years old, sources told IranWire her husband began physically and emotionally abusing her after she refused to become pregnant a second time.
British sex offender charged over ‘mock’ wedding with nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris
The 9-year-old Ukrainian girl was brought to France only to days before the wedding.
Parents attempt to honor kill teenage daughter in Washington after refusing arranged marriage
The teenage girl was choked by her parents outside her school in Washington, for reportedly refusing to travel to Iraq to marry an older man.
Divorced Afghan child brides forced to return to former husbands under Taliban rule
The BBC, following the case of Bibi Nazdana, reported that the Taliban is invalidating divorces granted by the Afghan court - forcing divorced child brides to return to their previous marital status.
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."
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.
Young Pakistani activist fights forced child marriage
Hadiqa Bashir works in Swat Valley, until recently a Pakistani Taliban stronghold.
PA outlaws child marriage
Government of Mohammad Shtayyeh raises the minimum age of consent to 18
Palestinian Authority outlaws child marriage
Mohammad Shtayyeh's government raises minimum age of consent to 18.
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.
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.
