"60 sheep, eight camels, and 100 goats." These words from the protagonist of Nawi: Dear Future Me, a Kenyan-German ...

The current draft bill proposes that the legal age to marry should be 18. The portfolio committee on home affairs recently ...

Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping ... I was told how a married woman who has no male child in her family is allowed to marry a woman so that a male child can be born ...

A study of about 1 million girls in Indonesia suggests government programs can be effective in reducing the number of child ...

The women's rights group, however, commended many African States for making strides towards amending laws on child marriage in compliance with international and regional human rights obligations.

CHILD rights advocates have welcomed the new Marriage Bill that aims to ban marriages of under 18s. Childline KZN Director Adeshini Naicker said the Bill will help ensure that children are not ...

I found that there are various scenarios in which woman-to-woman marriage is practiced in West Africa. In Okrika, in ...

Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping ... I was told how a married woman who has no male child in her family is allowed to marry a woman so that a male child can be born ...