Urge to maintain legal age for marriage at 20 Various social organizations including the Non-Governmental Organizations Federation Nepal Sarlahi chapter have urged the government to maintain the legal age for marriage at 20 years. Nepal 01 Feb, 2025
Gender equality: Heading towards right direction Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 aims at achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls through effective participation in social, political and economic development. Opinion 01 Sep, 2022
UN condemns Zimbabwe child marriages as girl dies after giving birth The United Nations has condemned the practise of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine, an incident that caused outrage among citizens and rights activists. Environment 08 Aug, 2021
Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit VATICAN CITY: The day began with an African woman telling an extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders that her priestly rapist forced her to have three abortions over a dozen years after he started violating her at age 15. It ended with a... Women 22 Feb, 2019
End child marriage: Time to act now We urge the federal, provincial and local government authorities to address the issue of child marriage. Now is the time to address the barriers preventing many young girls from reaching their full potential “Gaunpalika Mayor commits to ending... 22 Jun, 2018
Minimum age for marriage being upgraded to 20 KATHMANDU: A new proposal has been made to change the minimum age for marriage from 18 to 20. According to the proposal, anyone found guilty of forcing people to marry before the age of 20 would be sentenced to one-year jail or slapped a fine of Rs... Travel 24 Dec, 2016
Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women's rights ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights. Activists say... Women 27 Sep, 2016
Call for assessment of girls� vulnerability to child marriage after quake Kathmandu, July 29 The Committee on the Rights of the Child has recommended to the government to undertake an assessment of the impact of the 2015 earthquake on girls’ vulnerability to child marriage and apply those findings to guide the... Horoscopes 30 Jul, 2016
MPs of 13 nations vow to end child marriage Kathmandu, March 26 A two-day international conference of Members of Parliament from 13 countries of the Asia-Pacific Region concluded in the capital by issuing Kathmandu Declaration yesterday. The MPs had gathered in Kathmandu to discuss the... Horoscopes 27 Mar, 2016
8-year-old Saudi girl divorces CAIRO: An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Thursday. Saudi Arabia has come under increasing criticism at home and abroad for...
