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Saudi Arabia Shifts Course on Child Marriage

(Feb. 9) – For the first time, the Saudi Arabian state has intervened in the marriage of a preteen girl to an older man, leading some campaigners to speculate that the kingdom could be about to ban the cruel and archaic practice of child marriage. The government-run Human Rights Commission (HRC) has hired a lawyer...

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"We Don't Divorce Little Girls"

Nujood Ali made world headlines in 2008 when she was granted a divorce in Yemen at the age of 10.

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Marcia G. Yerman: Mary Robinson and The Elders Make Child Marriage Prevention a Top Priority

When the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations convened in New York City in mid-September, those striving to get attention for specific agendas presented their causes at satellite conferences around Manhattan.

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U.N. Week Announces "Girls Not Brides"

Every year 10 million girls are forcibly married , some as young as five years old.

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Tabby Biddle: U.N. Week Announces "Girls Not Brides"

Every year 10 million girls are forcibly married , some as young as five years old.

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Child Marriage Is 'A Major Psychological Trauma,' New Study Says

For a brief media-saturated minute, child marriage took center stage this summer when then 16-year-old Courtney Stodden and 51-year-old "Lost" actor Doug Hutchison announced they had gotten married.

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06/01/12 Child marriage: curse of Indian society Source: Gulf News Child marriage, known as 'Bal Vivaha', is believed to have begun during the medieval ages of India.
05/09/12 Priests to be jailed for child marriages Source: The Asian Age Priests, marriage hall-owners and catering contractors will be put behind bars if they support parents to perform child marriages, said Krishnagiri collector C.N. Maheswaran on Wednesday.

Background on child marriage

Child marriage and child betrothal customs occur in various times and places, whereby children are given in matrimony - before marriageable age as defined by the commentator and often before puberty.

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