Headlines- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
Tag: Child Marriage
Philippines Urgently Needs Law to Help...
Around 500 adolescents give birth every day in the Philippines, which prompted the government in 2019 to declare adolescent pregnancies “a national social emergency.”
As Some Girls Defy the Practice,...
Over 400,000 Zambian girls were married at the age of 15 or under, and about 1.7 million girls under the age of 18 are married, according to the U.N.
Study: In Mozambique,Four Out of Ten...
The Mozambique National Institute of Statistics recently released a study that found four out of ten women were married before becoming 18 years old. The illegal practice is hard to stop and dangerous for those who try to escape their situation.
Aid Groups Say Sudan War Forces...
According to the UN Children’s Fund, the war in Sudan has displaced at least 450 000 children from their homes, with tens of thousands of them fleeing into neighboring countries. The lack of education, according to aid organisations, puts these refugee children at greater risk of exploitation, child marriage, and joining armed organisations.
Child Marriage,Advocates Say,Hinders Girls’ Education in...
Nigeria’s child marriage rate, which is among the highest in Africa, is being addressed by aid groups working in rural communities
Child Marriage: Too Young to Get...
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, there are 130 million child brides, already-married girls under the age of 18, and women who were married as children but are now adults across Africa. For the protection of girl child, the UN agency has urged African states and regional organisations to outlaw child marriage
In Ethiopia,Child Marriages Are on the...
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ethiopia’s record drought has resulted in a huge surge in desperate parents marryying off their children, with child weddings reported more than doubling this year. Aid organisations are attempting to provide much-needed water and other assistance to drought-stricken households in an attempt to reverse the trend and protect girls
Zimbabwean Rights Groups Hopes New Legislation...
According to Zimbabwean authorities, more than a third of the country’s girls are married before they turn 18, with more than half of them being minors in some places. Child marriage is now illegal in Zimbabwe for the first time, according to human rights activists
India Needs More Innovative Methods to...
Despite the legislative focus on child marriage, implementation has been inadequate in addressing the core reasons and has failed to make a significant impact on its abolition
Female Chiefs of Cameroon
Traditional Rulers’ Councils In Northern Cameroon Were Formerly All Men, But Women Have Been Allowed To Join In The Last Two Years. In A Region Of Cameroon Where Child Marriage Is The Highest, These Pioneer Female Deputy Chiefs Are Fighting Early Marriage