Minority leaders and rights activists in Pakistan have voiced skepticism over a proposed provincial law raising the minimum age of marriage to 18, warning that it fails to address forced conversion ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Survivor testimony is fueling a new initiative to eliminate Ohio’s last legal pathway for minors to marry, and lawmakers from across party lines seem largely aligned on the matter.

I am writing to draw attention to the persistent issue of child marriages in Pakistan. Despite laws and growing awareness, this harmful practice continues to affect thousands of young girls, ...

For four decades, hundreds of young pregnant women like Zoe Shaw stayed at a maternity home at Liberty University. What ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Prior to the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell decision, opponents raised alarms about the severe and immediate ...

Strip searches of children by police are down by more than half in four years, but the Children’s Commissioner has questioned the use of force in some cases and warned that ethnic disparities persist.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lisa Kristine is a humanitarian photographer and artist. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. From a distance, it looked like a mountain rising through the brown haze of ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As a new multinational force musters in Haiti, its foreign police and soldiers could soon find themselves face-to-face with hundreds of children. Children make up about 50% of ...

The Licking County Prosecutor’s Office and partner agencies are launching a task force dedicated to investigating and prosecuting crimes against children. The Licking County Child Abuse and Sexual ...