Child Brides

Married at 17: Mother exposes underage marriage in Yavne'el

Mother reveals daughter was engaged three months after arriving in Yavne'el, then married at 17, alleging pattern of underage marriages, social pressure within community.

The bride was 16: Footage released from police raid in Yavne’el

The police have released footage from a raid on a 16-year-old minor's wedding. Despite the family's claims that it was an engagement, the officers located a ketubah, a ring, and a decorated vehicle.

'Like a sinking rock' - Iranian child brides mourn lost youth

According to official Iranian statistics, 70% of child marriages end in divorce.

Pennsylvania to become third state to ban child marriages

'Marriages for child brides have an 80% failure rate,' lawmaker says.

Sweden:

Welfare pamphlet: 'Information for one married to a child'

Sweden releases pamphlet to guide men marrying underage girls through welfare system.‬

Jordan fears Syrian demographic time bomb

Number of child brides among Syrian refugees in Jordan has skyrocketed. Hashemite Kingdom worries phenomenon could pose demographic threat.

Report: Nigeria Islamist Group Seizing Christian Women As Slaves

Boko Haram systemically kidnaps Christian women as slaves, child brides, amid fears of Christian-Muslim civil war.

Child 'Runaway Bride' Speaks Out: 'I Fled Ignorance'

A Yemeni girl who ran away from an arranged marriage at age 10 faces off against a Muslim cleric on Lebanese TV.

Yemen: Eight Year-Old Girl Dies on her Wedding Night

Outrage as child bride dies from internal injuries after being married off to a man more than five times her age.