The Utah Legislature unanimously approved a bill that would prevent youth marriages if the parties are more than four years apart in age. A Utah lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that the ...

Pakistan’s “monsoon brides” — child brides sold off to repair family budgets in the rainy season — have spiked since the devastating floods of 2022. From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan ...

Rule Breakers is a film that follows the story of young Afghan women who have broken stereotypes to pursue their dreams in science and technology.

A civil court in Pakistan’s Punjab province has annulled the forced marriage of a Christian girl who had been subjected to ...

The Taliban’s so-called “morality police” enforce bans on Western-style haircuts, music, and women traveling without a male ...

As the world celebrates the International Women's Day under the theme of 'For ALL Women and Girls: Rights, Equality, Empowerment', international organisations on Saturday emphasised the need to ...

The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

Twin Cities nonprofit Isuroon has added a domestic violence hotline and is hoping to open an 87-unit family shelter.

A UN expert on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating human rights crisis in Afghanistan, asserting that the Taliban is increasingly governing Afghan society through repression and fear. UN ...

Riddhima Kanetkar Updated : Feb 27, 2025, 10:38 AM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar Priyamani, who worked opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan, had an interfaith marriage with Mustafa Raj in 2017.

In Afghanistan, a disturbing practice known as "bacha bazi" continues to plague society as young boys, often pre-pubescent, are forced to dance for affluent Afghan men who subsequently sexually abuse ...

Marriages also jumped 14.9 per cent in 2024 ... encouraging childbirth more than five years ago when we had our first child," Ms Nam said. Loading YouTube content And, more importantly, "it's ...