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Problematic protection: the law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 29 days ago
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On Saturday the 18th May the future of the piece of legislation most treasured by women activists in Afghanistan looked more precarious than ever as a high stake parliamentary debate about it was brought to an end after only 15 minutes . Sharia, and
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Unity state calls for underage marriage action
Kampala :: Uganda | 9 months ago
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Unity state authorities are calling upon the families of young girls to keep them in school, rather than allowing or forcing them to marry, especially when they are under the legal age of 18. South Sudanese schoolgirls (Getty) William Ghar Bol,
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Tajikistan: Poverty Encourages Early Marriages
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | over 1 year ago
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So, like many girls from Tajikistan, Khaitova married a man her family found for her. Now 20, she has two children, no husband and is fending for herself. My parents told me that I was old enough and that I needed to get married, said Khaitova, who
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Problem of teenage brides persists in eastern Turkey
Ankara :: Turkey | almost 2 years ago
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But in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa, 13-year-old F.D. spent last Monday giving birth to a baby boy. According to the Turkish Civil Code, a person is allowed to marry at the age of 18 without parental consent. An individual may marry at age
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More FLDS underage marriages alleged in Canada
Toronto :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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First published 9 minutes ago Updated 9 minutes ago More allegations of underage marriages within the polygamous sect led by Warren S...Five Canadian girls aged 16 and 17 and a sixth who was 18 years old were allegedly taken over the U.S. border to
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Efforts on to curb underage marriages
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | over 2 years ago
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The Justice Ministry is currently working on new regulations to control marriages involving very young girls, ministry sources told Arab News Tuesday. They said under the new regulations, marriage contracts will be made at specialized courts to
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Malaysia law minister rejects calls to end child marriages
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | over 2 years ago
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Malaysia's law minister on Wednesday shot down calls to ban underage marriage, despite an uproar over the recent wedding of a 14-year-old Muslim school girl. Siti Maryam Mahmod wed 23-year-old teacher Abdul Manan Othman last weekend in a mass wedding
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UP districts record maximum underage marriages among girls
Bahraich :: India | over 2 years ago
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Uttar Pradesh's Shrawasti district has the maximum number of girls marrying below 18 years of age in the country while Bahraich of the same state comes second. A whopping 82.8% of girls in Shrawasti are married off before the legal age of 18 with the
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Dropped charges - kids failed in Arizona FDLS case
Wednesday in a Mohave County courtroom, charges were dropped, and kids who were victims of Polygamist-sect leader Warren Jeffs were failed. Wednesday came the announcement that Jeffs will not stand trial in Arizona on charges of rape
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