Child Marriage
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Indian police crack down on illegal child marriages, over 2,000 arrestedThose arrested this week included more than 50 Hindu priests and Muslim clerics for allegedly performing marriages for underage girls in Assam.WorldFeb 4, 2023
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Food crisis leading to rise in child brides, Canadian aid agencies warnThe agency says 12 million girls under the age of 18 become child brides each year, forcing them to abandon school while putting their health at risk through early pregnancies.CanadaAug 10, 2022
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Pennsylvania becomes third state to ban child marriageGovernor Tom Wolf says this ban will help stop child exploitation, while 47 states currently allow children under the age of 18 to get married.TrendingMay 12, 2020
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Syrian refugee families in Lebanon are marrying off children to cope financially: UNSyrian refugees in Lebanon are falling deeper into debt, with 2018 being the worst year yet, as more families marry off children to cope financially, according to a report by the United Nations.WorldDec 26, 2018
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‘Barbaric use of technology’: South Sudanese child bride auctioned off on FacebookTen-thousand dollars, 500 cows and three cars: that was the winning bid for a South Sudanese child bride who was auctioned off into marriage by her father — on Facebook.TechNov 22, 2018
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What the feds don’t want you to see in their Saudi Arabia human rights reportFollowing an access-to-information request, Global Affairs Canada released its 2015 human rights report on Saudi Arabia. But the department redacted everything in the report related to potentially contentious human rights issues.CanadaApr 15, 2016
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UN launches program to end child marriage by 2030More than 700 million girls and women alive now were married as children, U.N. agencies say, an issue the new program hopes to eliminate by 2030.WorldMar 15, 2016
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Canada announces more than $10M in funding to combat child marriageThe Canadian government made two major funding announcements Wednesday to help worldwide efforts to help fight maternal and child malnutrition and child, early and forced marriage.WorldJul 8, 2015
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5 myths & misconceptions regarding violence against childrenA new survey reveals that people around the world think violence against children is a common and growing problem, yet one that is still misunderstood.CanadaDec 3, 2014
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How Canada is fighting against child and forced marriagesA new report from Plan Canada highlights how millions of girls in developing countries are robbed of their power through child, early and forced marriages.CanadaNov 6, 2014
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