Despite a widespread and growing consensus that child marriage should be banned, a majority of U.S. states still allow the practice.

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Girls as young as 10 are sometimes legally wed here in the U.S., even as we tell other countries to end this cruel practice.

Courtney Stodden slammed child marriage as “America’s dirty little secret” as she revealed she was the “breadwinner” in her marriage at just 16 years old. Stodden, who told the story of her marriage ...

A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high ...