Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat ...

Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” ...

Historically, for example, Commonwealth countries inherited the marital rape exemption from England. This established that husbands could not be held criminally liable for raping their wives. Some ...

In rural Zimbabwe, girls are reviving the traditional Nhanga practice to address child marriage, teen pregnancy, and gender ...

Do you know that about 12 million girls experience child marriage every year, and Africa is said to have one of the highest numbers of child marriages? This data is from the United Nations Population ...

South Africa's new Marriage Bill is currently being processed by the National Council of Provinces, marching steadily towards ...

Women and girls in rural Zimbabwe are reviving Nhanga, an ancient custom traditionally used to prepare girls to marriage, and ...

Within the tent, the girls openly addressed critical issues including sexuality, child marriage, teen pregnancy, gender bias, ...