Atlas International Film has taken international rights for "Nawi," a drama about a 13-year-old Kenyan girl who yearns to go ...

She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders ...

The Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act is now on its way to Congress for review after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed ...

The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether a ‘child marriage’ can be annulled by the man until the age of 23 under the ...

Iraq’s parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say ...

The actions of the girls despite the death sentence are messages that the victims of child marriage might not relent in asserting their choices and freedom and that the threat of paying the ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups say will legalize “child rape” in Iraq. The new law gives religious ...

The controversial amendments were passed alongside laws on land disputes and amnesty for some crimes.

One proposal requires couples to attend marriage counseling before they can file for a divorce. The other gives a tax credit to married couples with kids, as long as it’s their biological ...

In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of ...

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