Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Teenage girls in Uttar Pradesh resist child marriage, empowered by frontline workers, aiming for education and social change.

Police in Assam detain 3,000 men in month-long operation Crackdown leaves poor families without main breadwinner Campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle child marriage RADHANAGAR, India, March 1 ...

When 15-year-old Geeta Jadhav disappeared from her home during last year’s monsoon, her teacher, Suvarna Gaikwad, already knew what had happened. Geeta had been married off to Prashant Koli, a boy ...

Rights activists have lauded a top court order to prevent child marriages in India, where over 1 million children entered into wedlock in the 2023-24 period. The Supreme Court on Oct. 18 said child ...

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty. Kamble said he has helped ...

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.